Donation Appeal 2026
PROSBA O PŘÍSPĚVĚK 2026 FCAFA ltd, the Free Czechoslovak Air Force Associates ltd., was founded in May 2010, and through our online resource – http://www.fcafa.com – we provide information about […]
Donation Appeal 2025
PROSBA O PŘÍSPĚVĚK 2025 FCAFA ltd, the Free Czechoslovak Air Force Associates ltd., was founded in May 2010, and through our online resource – http://www.fcafa.com – we provide information about […]
Jiri Hartman – My First Escape
The recollections of S/Ldr Jiří Hartman DFC of his escape from German occupied Czechoslovakia to Poland on 15 June 1939. ______________________________________________________________ As the Nazis became more and more oppressive; arresting […]
Recollections of Jiri Manak
The unedited recollections of S/Ldr Jiří Maňák about his escape from Czechoslovakia in 1939 to Poland, his journey to France, joining l’Arme d’Air, evacuation from France, joining the RAF, being […]
Jiri Hartman – My D-Day
S/Ldr Jiří Hartman DFC was, at that time a F/Lt with 310 Sqn, and was ‘A’ Flight Commander (Red 1) at the time of D-Day – the Allied invasion of […]
Tomas Lom interview
An interview with Tomáš Lom, 311 Sqn radio operator, by Ian Willoughby, of Radio Praha.
Jiri Hartman – The road to my 2nd Exile
Moje cesta ke druhému exilu. S/Ldr Jiří Hartman DFC was a pre-WW2 member of the Czechoslovak Air Force, after the German occupation in March 1939 he escaped to Poland and […]
Meeting again after many years – Josef Scerba
Setkání po létech Meeting again after many years. Jako bývalí příslušníci 311. československé bombardovací squadrony RAF, členové osádky Wellingtonu kódového označení KX-B, kterří přežili havárii v Sererním moři poté, co […]
Leo Anderle broadcast
The translated script of a radio broadcast made on the BBC by Pilot Sergeant Leo Anderle to his homeland c. 1941: Up to this present time I am already on […]
Ladislav Zadrobilek – Debden Burning aircraft
W/O Ladislav Zadrobílek recalls his fatefull flight on 14 March 1942 with 111 Sqn, when his Spitfire Mk Vb R7192, JU-Y crashed into Spitfire BL429 JU-E flown by his squadron […]
