Not Forgotten – UK – Northwood
Northwood Cemetery, Ruislip, Middlesex. Many of the 63 Second World War Commonwealth burials at Northwood Cemetery were from the Royal Air Force station at Northolt, the premier fighter station for […]
Not Forgotten – Germany
Map key: Cemetery: Town: 1 Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Kleve 2 Sage War Cemetery Oldenburg 3 Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Berlin 1 – Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen. Reichswald […]
Blackbushe, 5 October 1945
Blackbushe, 5. října 1945 In World War 2, whilst serving in the RAF, 512 Czechoslovak airmen lost their lives. Of these approximately 40% were killed in flying or training […]
Czech Mates
I live in Axbridge, in north Somerset, a small place which most would call a village; it is, however, a ‘town’, this being decreed by Royal Charter back in 1229. […]
Remembered Czechoslovak Airmen
. 2011 . A very big thank you to the visitors from the Czech Republic who have visited the National Battle of Britain Memorial, at Capel-le-Ferne, to remember the 88 […]
2011 Capel le Ferne Battle of Britain Memorial Ceremony
2011 Capel le Ferne Slavnostní památník bitvy o Británii The Ceremony to commemorate the 71st Anniversary of the Battle of Britain was held on 10 July 2011 at the National […]
Jaroslav Novak celebrates his 90th birthday
Plk. let. Jaroslav Novák slaví devadesát! Dne 6.6.2011 oslavil velké životní jubileum statečný voják, letec a úspěšný fotograf plk. let. Jaroslav Novák, žijící v Austrálii. On 6 June, 2011, Col. retd. […]
Prostejov remembers – 2011
In May 2011, the people of Prostějov remembered their countrymen who gave their lives, fighting in the Royal Air Force, for the freedom of their homeland in World War 2. […]
Circus 157 remembered 2011
Vzpomínková akce na památku RAF operace Circus 157, 5. května 2011 On May 5th 1942, five RAF Spitfires were shot down from the skies above and around Ypres, with four […]
Brookwood
The Commonwealth War Graves cemetery at Brookwood, Surrey is the largest military cemetery in the United Kingdom covering 37 acres with 5,077 graves of those who died in the 2 […]
