-
_______________________________________________________________
If you found this website useful please consider making a donation to help cover the costs of continuing research and maintaining and further development of this educational resource.
Your donation makes a huge difference in our efforts to Remember the Czechoslovak men and women who served in the RAF during WW2.
Thank you for your support of this project.
Pokud jste našli tuto webovou stránku užitečnou, zvážíme, zda byste měli přispět na pokrytí nákladů na další výzkum a udržování a další rozvoj tohoto vzdělávacího zdroje.
Váš dar pro nás představuje obrovskou posilu v našem snažení zdokumentovat a zachovat památku na všechny československé muže a ženy, kteří sloužili v královském letectvu RAF během 2. světové války.
Děkujeme Vám za Vaši podporu tohoto projektu.
_______________________________________________________________
Category Archives: Evasion
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 and torturing any suspected of anti-German views, the initial reluctant … Continue reading
Rudolf Ptacek – One of the Few
Rudolf PTÁČEK – One of the Few Jeden z hrstky …………….* 19.04.1918. Kostelec nad Orlicí. …………….† 28.03.1942. English Channel, Cap Gris Nez. Pre WW2: Před válkou: Rudolf Ptáček was born on 19 April 1918 in Kostelec nad Orlici, then part … Continue reading
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 the World War 1, as a consequence of that war … Continue reading
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 evasion and return to England is: The weather was … Continue reading
Karel Valasek – Evasion and PoW
P/O Karel Valášek was serving as a pilot with 313 Sqn. when he was shot down in his Spitfire over France. His story of his evasion, capture and being a PoW is: On the 21st of May 1944, I was … Continue reading
Free Czechoslovak Air Force 