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Category Archives: Into exile
Ladislav Svetlik – Plzen 25.3.2017
V rozhovoru Českého rozhlasu Plzeň pozval Daniel Švec posluchače na vzpomínkový akt na Ladislava Světlíka Více informací o Ladislav Světlík zde a zde
Jiri Hartman – The road to my 2nd Exile
S/Ldr Jiří Hartman DFC was a pre-WW2 member of the Czechoslovak Air Force, after the German occupation in March 1939 he escaped to Poland and then onto France where he served in l’Armee d’Air. When France capitulated in June 1940 … Continue reading
Posted in 313 Sqd, Autobiography, Books, Into exile, Victim of Communism
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Viktor Popelka
The story of Viktor Popelka DFC follows conventional paths with some unconventional detours, such that his life history is unusual, if not unique. His life was abruptly changed as a young man of 22 working towards a career, to be … Continue reading
Posted in 310 Sqd, 312 Sqd, Biography, Into exile, Victim of Communism
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2nd Exile – Miroslav Liskutin
An extract from S/Ldr Miroslav Liškutín DFC, AFC’s autobiography ‘Stormy Skies – Reminiscences of an Aviator’ recalling his experiences following the Communist putsch in Czechoslovakia in February 1948. During the late Autumn of 1947 I became somehow alarmed with the … Continue reading
Posted in 312 Sqd, Autobiography, Into exile, Victim of Communism
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The Forgotten Men
A Czech documentary giving first hand accounts about Czechoslovak airmen who had flown in the RAF in WW2 who were persecuted by the Communist Czechoslovak authorities after they came to power in Czechoslovakia in February 1948. In English and Czech, … Continue reading
Posted in 310 Sqd, 311 Sqd, 312 Sqd, 313 Sqd, 68 Sqd, Information, Into exile, Victim of Communism
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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 a pilot with 311 Sqn, by M. Vincent: To Poland … Continue reading
Posted in 311 Sqd, Biography, France, Into exile, Poland
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To Poland
. Czechoslovakia 15 March 1939 Československo 15. března 1939 Dr Emil Hácha, The Czechoslovak President, under pressure and threats from Hitler and Mussolini, at 03:55 that morning, had ceded his country to Hitlers demands; he felt it was now the … Continue reading
Posted in Into exile, Poland
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Escape from Prague
. . Escape Flight from Prague by Capt. E.M. Prchal . . My story begins in February 1948, when I landed at Prague aerodrome after a three-week flight to and from India. I was returning to a country griped by … Continue reading
Posted in 312 Sqd, Biography, Into exile, Victim of Communism
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Jaroslav Nyc
. A Brief Biography of W/O Jaroslav Nýč (Formerly of 311 (Czechoslovakian) Sqn RAF) Adapted from an article in ‘The Roundel’ – the station magazine of RAF Bahrain (Sept’ 1963) As a boy Jaroslav Nýč always wanted to fly and … Continue reading
Posted in 311 Sqd, Biography, Into exile, POW, Victim of Communism
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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. On July 27, 2008; In his 92nd year, dearly … Continue reading
Posted in 312 Sqd, Biography, France, Into exile, Victim of Communism
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