Leo Anderle DFC
Pre WW2 Leo Anderle was born on 24 May 1913 in the small village of Nosálovice, part of Vyškov, in the southern region of Moravia, about 120 miles south east […]
Český Dub – Memorial Plaque unveiled
On 8 May 2026, a memorial plaque for P/O Vojtěch Formánek, 311 Sqn pilot, and P/O Miloslav Vejražka, 311 Sqn wireless operator, was unveiled at Český Dub, Czech Republic.
Jaroslav Nýč AFM – Memorial Plaque unveiled
On 8 May 2026, a memorial plaque for W/O Jaroslav Nýč AFM, 311 Sqn pilot, was unveiled at his birth town of Český Dub. A biography on W/O Jaroslav Nýč […]
Václav Nikl – Memorial Plaque unveiled
On 7 May 2026, a memorial plaque for F/Sgt Václav Nikl, 310 Sqn pilot, was unveiled at U zbrojnice 114/1, 196 00 Prague 9- Miškovice, his birth district in Prague. […]
Josef Šnajdr DFC
* 22.01.1909, Luhačovice. † 22.01.2009, Leonard, UK. Pre WW2 Josef Šnajdr was born on 22 January 1909 at Luhačovice, a small spa town in the southern region of Moravia, about […]
Otakar Černý
* 28.11.1919, Křenovice. † 14.10.2009, Cambridge, UK. Pre WW2 Otakar Černý was born on 28 November 1919 in Křenovice near Slavkov, some 200km southeast of Prague. His father, also Otakar, […]
The Český čtyřlístek
The Český čtyřlístek – the Czech four leaf Clover were four Czechoslovak airmen who fought with distinction during the short Polish campaign of September 1939. They were Josef František was […]
Vladimír Palička – Escape from Communist Czechoslovakia
F/Sgt Vladimír Palička, 313 Sqn pilot, recalls his return to Czechoslovakia in August 1945, his life in the immediate post WW2 period there, and how, after the Communist coup d’état, […]
Josef František – 85th Anniversary – 08.10.2025.
Josef František – 85. výročí – 08.10.2025 For the 85th anniversary of the death of Josef František on 8 October 2025, a contingent of 41 people had travelled from his […]
