Ladislav Svetlik
Odešlo poslední československé stíhací eso. In memoriam Ladislav Svetlik 1917-2008 ‘SVETLIK Ladislav (Larry). Ex-Czech Air Force; Ex-French Air Force, Lafayette; R.A.F., Czech Squadron 312, Service No. 117371, FLT LIEUT WWII. […]
Arnost Mrtvy – to Poland and France
. When Germany occupied Czechoslovakia on 15 March 1939, Arnošt Mrtvý was serving in the Czechoslovak Air Force. Within days of the occupation the Air Force was disbanded. Arnošt, like […]
Josef Balejka
* 04.03.1914, Valašské Klobouky. † 07.07.2004, Valašské Klobouky. Raná léta: The Early Years: Josef Alois Balejka se narodil 4. března 1917 na Moravě v městečku Valašské Klobouky, ležícím v údolí […]
Not Forgotten – France
Map key: Cemetery: Town: 1 Pihen-les-Guines Communal Cemetery Pas de Calais 2 Calais Canadian War Cemetery Pas de Calais 3 Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Boulogne 4 Etaples Military Cemetery Etaples 5 […]
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 […]
Journey into the unknown
. F/Sgt Bohumil Ryšánek served as a Navigator in 311 Sqn. In 1939, as a 25 years old, he chose to leave his homeland and take up arms against the […]
Karel Bednarik
. . . . Karel Bednařík . . * 19 December 1920 † 26 February 2011 . . . . . Karel Bednařík was born on 19 December 1920, in […]
The Long Trip in 1940
. The autobiographical story of F/O Jaroslav Polivka’s escape from German occupied Czechoslovakia to England: I hadn’t known Mírek for very long prior to our from Prague. I met him […]
Frantisek Fajtl – One of the Few
Jeden z hrstky * 20.08.1912, Donín, Louny. † 04.10.2006, Donín, Louny. Patřil a bude patřit k legendárním postavám československého letectva. V jeho osobě jakoby se promítaly celé jeho dramatické válečné […]
Frantisek Perina
General of the Skies Generál nebe * 18 April 1911, Morkůvky. † 6 May 2006, Czech Republic The Early Years: František Peřina was born 8 April 1911 in the village […]
