Otakar Černý
* 28.11.1919, Křenovice. † 14.10.2009, Cambridge, UK. Pre WW2 Otakar Černý was born on 28 November 1919 in Křenovice near Slavkov, some 200km southeast of Prague. His father, also Otakar, […]
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 […]
Vladimír Palička – Escape from Communist Czechoslovakia
F/Sgt Vladimír Palička, 313 Sqn pilot, recalls his return to Czechoslovakia in August 1945, his life in the immediate post WW2 period there, and how, after the Communist coup d’état, […]
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 […]
Rudolf Ptacek – One of the Few
* 19.04.1918, Kostelec nad Orlicí. † 28.03.1942, English Channel, off Cap Gris Nez, France. Pre WW2 Před válkou:: Rudolf Ptáček was born on 19 April 1918 in Kostelec nad Orlici, […]
The Ladislav Sitensky Photograph Exhibition 2015
From the exhibition at České centrum Praha, Rytířká 31, Prague 1. Open: 19 March to 25 April 2015 Monday to Friday 11:00 am to 18:00 Saturday 11:00 am to 17:00
Arnost Zabrs remembers
Recollections of W/O Arnošt Zábrš, pilot with 311 Czechoslovak Sqn: I was born on the 19.4.1912 in Brno (Brunn), Czechoslovakia, son of a man, who died at the end of […]
Shot down – Frantisek Fajtl
On 5 May 1942, S/Ldr František Fajtl DFC participated in the ill-fated Circus 157 over Northern France. During this mission he was shot down and his account of his successful […]
