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Category Archives: Ceremony
Wellington Z8838 Remembered 11.04.22.
In October 2021, a memorial pole was placed, by the Remembrance Post Hollands Kroon Foundation, for the crew of of 311 (Czechoslovak) Wellington bomber Z8838 who were all lost when their aircraft crashed, on the night of 11 April 1942, … Continue reading
Haverhill Remembrance 10.03.22.
_____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the Family History (Haverhill) Group for remembering Czechoslovak airmen – Sgt Ladislav FORNŮSEK, F/O Václav JELÍNEK and Sgt Jan JANEK. at CWGC Haverhill.
SPIA Remember the fallen Czechoslovak RAF airmen
SPIA uctili památku Čechoslováků padlých v řadách RAF After a years absence due to Covid 19, it was pleasing to see that the SPIA Czechoslovak Legionnaires delegation, led by Tomáš Sláma, arrived back to the UK to participate in the … Continue reading
Den veteránů 11.11.2021.
The fallen Czechoslovak RAF airmen remembered for Armistice Day 11.11.2021. Padlí českoslovenští letci, příslušníci RAF, byli připomenuti na Den válečných veteránů, 11.listopadu 2021. Bahamas: Czech Republic: Prague – Winged Lion Monument Egypt: el-Alamein Memorial: UK: Brookwood Duxford East Wretham Evanton … Continue reading
Wellington Z8838 Remembered
Vzpomínka na Wellington Z8838 After a long postponement due to Covid-19, the crash-site of 311 Sqn Wellington Z8838 was finally commemorated at Middenmeer, Holland on 9 October 2021. The event was the instigation of the Hollands Kroon Association in cooperation … Continue reading
Adolf Jurman Memorial Plaque unveiled
Odhalení pamětní desky Adolfu Jurmanovi On 21 August 2021, a memorial plaque to commemorate F/Lt Adolf Jurman was unveiled at his former family home at Olešnička, near Žďár nad Sázavou in the Czech Republic. 21. sprna 2021 byla odhalena pamětní … Continue reading
Returning Home August 1945 – Victory Parade
With the Czechoslovak airmen from the three fighter units – 310, 312 and 313 squadrons who returned home on 13 August 1945 and 311 Sqn airmen returning two days later, a Victory Parade was held for them in Prague. S … Continue reading
Allied Aircrew Memorial in Guernsey 8 May 2021
Pomník spojeneckých letců na Guernsey 8. května 2021 Liberation Day in the Czech Republic is the national holiday commemorating the liberation of Czechoslovakia by Allied Forces on the 8th of May 1945 following six years of occupation by German forces. … Continue reading
8th May 2021 – 76th anniversary of VE Day
The 8th May 2021 marks the 76th anniversary of VE Day – the end of WW2 in Europe. During their service in the RAF for that conflict, 512 Czechoslovak airmen, including 2 WAAF’s, from some 2512, were to lose their … Continue reading
RAF Rehabilitation Ceremony – 13.09.91.
Slavnostní akt Rehabilitace letců RAF – 13.9.1991 On 13 September 1991 a ceremony to ‘morally and politically rehabilitate the Czechoslovak men and women was held at the Palace of Culture, Prague. Rehabilitation awards for the suffering caused by the Communist … Continue reading
Free Czechoslovak Air Force 