Category Archives: Other RAF Squadrons

Vladimir Horsky – † 26.09.40.

Posted on 26 September 2022 by fcafa

_______________________________________________________________ An biography for him here Jeho českou a anglickou biografii najdete zde _______________________________________________________________

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Czechoslovak RAF Remembered 2022 – Normandy

Posted on 26 August 2022 by fcafa

The British Normandy Memorial was unveiled on 6 June 2021, the 77th anniversary of the D-Day landings. The Memorial records the names of the 22,442 servicemen and women under British command who fell on D-Day and during the Battle of … Continue reading →

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Evzen Cizek – One of the Few

Posted on 31 July 2022 by fcafa

Evžen ČÍŽEK One of the Few Jeden z hrstky …………….* 10.12.1904, Slezská. …………….† 26.11.1942, Cardiff Bay, UK. Pre WW2 : Před 2. svět. válkou : Evžen Čížek was born on 10 December 1904, at Slezská, near Ostrava, Czechoslovakia. Evžen Čížek … Continue reading →

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Frantisek Bernard – One of the Few

Posted on 16 July 2022 by fcafa

František 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 Starý Ehrenberky, formerly Alt … Continue reading →

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D-Day 78th Anniversary

Posted on 6 June 2022 by fcafa

On the 78th Anniversary of D-Day, remembering the Czechoslovak RAF airmen who were lost participating in the build up to that day and the subsequent Battle of Normandy. Twenty-three Czechoslovak airmen serving in the RAF who were killed during the … Continue reading →

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Svatopluk Stulir – Vresovice 21.05.22.

Posted on 15 May 2022 by fcafa
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Haverhill Remembrance 10.03.22.

Posted on 19 March 2022 by fcafa

_____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Many thanks to the Family History (Haverhill) Group for remembering Czechoslovak airmen – Sgt Ladislav FORNŮSEK, F/O Václav JELÍNEK and Sgt Jan JANEK. at CWGC Haverhill.

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 Pod Křídly RAF v druhém exilu

Posted on 30 January 2022 by fcafa

Pod Křídly RAF v druhém exilu – 1. díl od Zdeněk HURT, Jan RAIL Zcela poprvé publikovaná, několikadílná souborná práce o osudech čs. letců v řadách britského Královského letectva za mírových let, zavede čtenáře zprvu do etapy od osvobození ČSR … Continue reading →

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Vladimir Kopecek

Posted on 23 January 2022 by fcafa

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 he was always known as Vladimír, Lad’a or Vlád’a. Vladimír … Continue reading →

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Remembered – 2021

Posted on 8 January 2022 by fcafa

Vzpomněli jsme 2021 In 2021, our Free Czechoslovak Air Force Associates ltd volunteers instigated, or were represented, in the remembrance of Czechoslovak RAF men and women at these locations: V roce 2021 naši dobrovolníci z Free Czechoslovak Air Force Associates … Continue reading →

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