Tomas Vybiral – One of the Few
Jeden z hrstky * 29.09.1911, Moravský Písek. † 21.02.1981, London, UK. Pre WW2: Před 2. svět. válkou: Tomáš Vybíral was born on 29 September 1911 at Moravský Písek, near Hodonín […]
Escapes of Karel Stastny
Karel Šťastný was a 311 (Czechoslovak) Sqn pilot who was born at Hošťálková, Czechoslovakia on 3 August 1918. Pre-WW2 he was a pilot, at the rank of Kapitan, in the […]
Frantisek Bernard – One of the Few
Jeden z hrstky * 23.07.1914, Starý Ehrenberky. † 17.06.1980, New Zealand. Pre WW2: Před 2. světovou válkou: František Antonín Bernard was born on 23 July 1914 in the village of […]
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 […]
Vladimir Kopecek
F/Lt Vladimír Julius Kopeček * 09.08.1917, Kyjov. † 10.11.1955, Rostrup, West Germany. Early years: Raná léta: Born on 9 August, 1917, Vladimír’s birth certificate gives his name as Ladimír though […]
Josef Jaske – One of the Few
* 30.01.1913, Nymburk. † 20.06.2001, Oxford, UK. Pre WW2: Před 2. svět. válkou: Josef Antonín Jaške was born on 30 January 1913 in Nymburk, a town about 30 km from […]
Returning Home August 1945 – Victory Parade
With the Czechoslovak airmen from the three fighter units – 310, 312 and 313 squadrons who returned home on 13 August 1945 and 311 Sqn airmen returning two days later, […]
Vaclav Cukr – one of the Few
jeden z hrstky * 16.10.1914. Prague. † 24.10.89. Palmerston North, New Zealand. Pre WW2: Před 2. světovou válkou: Václav Cukr was born on 16 October 1914 in Prague, the son […]
RAF Rehabilitation Ceremony – 13.09.91.
Slavnostní akt Rehabilitace letců RAF – 13.9.1991 On 13 September 1991 a ceremony to ‘morally and politically rehabilitate the Czechoslovak men and women was held at the Palace of Culture, […]
Karel Seda – My Journey to War
Karel Šeda – Moje cesta do války. The German occupation of Czechoslovakia on 15 March 1939, meant that the Bohemia and Moravia regions of the country were now the Reich […]
