Category Archives: Ceremony

Anton Vanko – Memorial Plaque unveiled

Posted on 19 May 2018 by

Pamätný deň Antona Vanka / Lednické Rovne / 7. Máj 2018 Pri príležitosti nedožitých 100. narodenín vojnového hrdinu a pilota RAF Antona Vanka, ako aj v predvečer oslavy víťazstva and fašizmom, si obyvatelia obce Lednické Rovne, členovia rodiny a zástupcovia … Continue reading →

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Plzen 3.5.2018.

Posted on 4 May 2018 by

Doubravečtí si připomněli své hrdiny Plzeň Doubravka remembers its heroes Ve čtvrtek 3. května proběhla vzpomínková akce na tři rodáky z Plzně Doubravky, členy Západočeského aeroklubu v Plzni na Borech, piloty RAF v II. světové válce Karla Pavlíka, Václava Šindeláře … Continue reading →

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Ladislav Nemecek – memorial plaque unveiled 31.3.2018.

Posted on 7 April 2018 by

V Korytech na Klatovsku odhalili pamětní desku zdejšímu rodákovi palubnímu střelci RAF Ladislavu Němečkovi. In Koryta near Klatovy, a memorial plaque was unveiled in commemoration of 311 Sqn air-gunner Ladislav Němeček. V Korytech na Klatovsku odhalili pamětní desku zdejšímu rodákovi … Continue reading →

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Vitezslav Rosik remembered in Ethiopia

Posted on 2 April 2018 by

Group Captain Vítězslav Josef Rosík was born 23 December 1895 in Bzová, near Bojkovice, Czechoslovakia. His schooling commenced with two years at Uherske Hradiste, then at High School at Uherský Brod and then onto the Technical College at Brno where … Continue reading →

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Josef Dygryn – 100th anniversary Remembrance

Posted on 18 March 2018 by

On 10 March 2018, a ceremony was held at the Sv. Jiří church, Lhotice in commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of Sgt Josef DYGRÝN DFM, 1 Sqn pilot. The day’s event concluded at the Josef DYGRÝN memorial plaque at the … Continue reading →

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Josef Dygryn – 10.3.2018. – Lhotice

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Brookwood Ceremony 2.2.2018

Posted on 15 February 2018 by

Pietní akt v Brookwoodu 2.2.2018 Following on from the funeral of Maj. General Ivan Schwarz at Brookwood, a wreath-laying ceremony was held at the Czechoslovak Memorial in the CWGC section at Broookwood. V návaznosti na poslední rozloučení s generálmajorem Ivanem … Continue reading →

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Brookwood 2.2.2018 – Ivan Schwarz

Posted on 2 February 2018 by

The final farewell to Major General Ivan Otto Schwarz, former air-gunner with 311 Sqn and the last surviving member of the aircrew that sunk the Alsterufer, was held at CWGC Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey, on 2 February 2018. Poslední rozloučení s … Continue reading →

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Jan Hadravek – 11.2.2018

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Ivan Schwarz – Brookwood – 2.2.2018

Posted on 19 January 2018 by

_______________________________________________________________ The interment of Maj. Gen. Ivan Schwarz will take place at the post-WW2 Czechoslovak section Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey at 2pm, 2nd February 2018. _______________________________________________________________ Uložení ostatků generála Ivana Schwarze se bude konat v poválečném československém oddělení na hřbitově Brookwood, … Continue reading →

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