Bedřich Krátkoruký – One of the Few
The Early Years Bedřich Krátkoruký was born on 8 October 1913, in the village of Hořátev, some 30 miles west of Prague and was the son of a farming family. […]
František Rypl – One of the Few
* 02.04.1903, Český Krumlov. † 02.08.1973, Prague. The Early Days František Rypl was born on 2 April 1903 at Český Krumlov, a city in the South Bohemia region of Czechoslovakia, […]
Karel Mrázek – One of the Few
* 29.11.1910, Náchod. † 05.12.1998, Jablonec nad Nissou. Pre WW2 Karel Mrázek was born on 29 November 1910 in Náchod, a rural town 130km north-east of Prague and close to […]
Otakar Hruby – One of the Few
* 01.11.1913, Nová Paka. † 15.05.1993, Nová Paka. Pre WW2 Otakar ‘Ota’ Hrubý was born in Nová Paka on 1 November 1913 to Jan Hrubý, a textile mill foreman, and […]
Jiří Kučera – One of the Few
* 27.06.1914, Roudnice nad Labem. † 24.01.1980, Plzeň. Pre WW2 On 27 June 1914, Jiří Vojtěch Kučera was born into the family of František Kučera, a school teacher, and his […]
Donation Appeal 2025
PROSBA O PŘÍSPĚVĚK 2025 FCAFA ltd, the Free Czechoslovak Air Force Associates ltd., was founded in May 2010, and through our online resource – http://www.fcafa.com – we provide information about […]
Josef Prihoda – One of the Few
* 09.10.1914, Vlašim. † 06.03.1943, St Vierge, France. Pre WW2 Josef Příhoda was born at Vlašim, a small country town, some 55km south-east of Prague, on 9 October 1914. He […]
Josef Hanuš – One of the Few
* 13.09.1911, Dolní Štěpanice. † 21.04.1992, Langford, UK. The Early Years Josef Jan Hanuš was born on 13 September 1911 at Dolní Štěpanice, a small village near Jilemnice, which was […]
Karel Körber – One of the Few
* 26.10.1917, Pécs. † 03.05.1943, sea off Guernsey, Channel Islands. Pre WW2: Karel Körber was born on 26 October 1917 at Pécs, an ancient city some 170km south-west of Budapest. […]
Vlastimil Vesely – One of the Few
* 20.09.1913, Hořice. † 11.12.2001, Brunswick, Australia. The Early Days: On 20 September 1913, Vlastimil Veselý was born at Hořice, a small town some 75km north-east of Prague. He was […]
