Czechoslovak Legion in Poland 1939
Legion Czechosłowacki. Po rozpadzie Czechosłowacji 15 marca 1939 roku, wielu czechosłowackich polityków i żołnierzy opuściło swój kraj, udając się na emigrację. Większa część z nich udała się do Francji, gdzie […]
Lotnicy Czechoslowaccy Walczacy z Niemcami w Polsce w 1939 Roku
. . LOTNICY CZECHOSŁOWACCY WALCZĄCY Z NIEMCAMI W POLSCE W 1939 ROKU. by Henryk Józef Łusiewicz . . . . An account of the Czechoslovak airmen who escaped from […]
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 […]
To Poland
Do Polska Czechoslovakia 15 March 1939Československo 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 […]
Arnost Mrtvy – to Poland and France
. When Germany occupied Czechoslovakia on 15 March 1939, Arnošt Mrtvý was serving in the Czechoslovak Air Force. Within days of the occupation the Air Force was disbanded. Arnošt, like […]
Josef Balejka
* 04.03.1914, Valašské Klobouky. † 07.07.2004, Valašské Klobouky. Raná léta: The Early Years: Josef Alois Balejka se narodil 4. března 1917 na Moravě v městečku Valašské Klobouky, ležícím v údolí […]
Journey into the unknown
. F/Sgt Bohumil Ryšánek served as a Navigator in 311 Sqn. In 1939, as a 25 years old, he chose to leave his homeland and take up arms against the […]
Karel Bednarik
. . . . Karel Bednařík . . * 19 December 1920 † 26 February 2011 . . . . . Karel Bednařík was born on 19 December 1920, in […]
The Long Trip in 1940
. The autobiographical story of F/O Jaroslav Polivka’s escape from German occupied Czechoslovakia to England: I hadn’t known Mírek for very long prior to our from Prague. I met him […]
Frantisek Perina
General of the Skies Generál nebe * 18 April 1911, Morkůvky. † 6 May 2006, Czech Republic The Early Years: František Peřina was born 8 April 1911 in the village […]
