Otto Hanzlicek – One of the Few
Jeden z hrstky * 18.06.1911, Ústí nad Labem. † 10.10.1940, . Ellesmere Point, UK. Pre WW2: Před druhou světovou válkou: Otto Hanzlíček was born on 18 June 1911 at Ústí […]
Jaroslav Hlavac – One of the Few
jeden z hrstky * 11.10.1914. Petřvald. † 10.10.40. Wareham, UK. Pre WW2: Před 2. světovou válkou: Jaroslav Hlaváč was born 11 October 1914 at Petřvald, a village, about 10 km […]
Vladimir Horsky – One of the Few
Jeden z hrstky * 11.02.1914, Břuchotín, Olomouc. † 26.09.1940, Isle of Wight, UK. Pre WW2: Před 2. svět. válkou: Vladimír Horský was born 11 February 1914 at Břuchotín, a village […]
Frantisek Marek – One of The Few
Jeden z hrstky * 30.01.1913, Nové Hodějovice. † 14.09.1940, Horndon-on-the-Hill, UK. The Early Years: Začátky: František Marek was born 30 January 1913 at Nové Hodějovice, near České Budějovice on the […]
Josef Frantisek – Top-scoring Battle of Britain Pilot
Peter Sharpe and Chris John examine the brief but fiery career of the top-scoring Battle of Britain pilot. AMONG HIS CZECH countrymen, known for their sober and mannerly temperament, Josef […]
Josef Stehlik – 100th Anniversary
On Saturday, March 28 2015 at 10:00 am the Municipal of Slavičín, the Slavičín Library and the Historical Club of Slavičín invite you to the unveiling of a memorial plaque […]
A short history of the Czechoslovak Air Force in WW2 and the Post-War Period
by Marcel Ludikar In 1938 the Czechoslovak Army Air Force was one of the most modern Air Forces of Europe, determined to fight in the threatened conflict for the freedom […]
Moliens remembers Josef Bendl
Josef Bendl est l’un des premiers pilotes tchécoslovaques tués au combat en France en 1940. Lors de la commémoration du 11 novembre 2013, les élèves des classes de CE1 et […]
Karel Stastny – to the RAF
The story of W/O Karel Šťastný’s escape from his homeland in 1939 and his road to England, via Poland and France to England where joined the RAF and served as […]
La Bataille de France Volume XV: Les Tcheques
. An interesting French publication giving a detailed French perspective about the Czechoslovak airmen who served in l’Arme d’Air in France and fought in the fierce, but brief, Battle of […]
