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Wartime Christmas in foreign fields

Posted on 18 December 2022 by fcafa

Válečné Vánoce mimo domov Neznámí českoslovenští letci v RAF vzpomínají na své Vánoce v Anglii v době 2.sv.války. An unknown Czechoslovak RAF airmen reminiscing about their Christmases in England during WW2. _______________________________________________________________ Když se po okupaci v březnu 1939 rozhodla … Continue reading →

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Alois Vasatko – One of the Few

Posted on 20 September 2022 by fcafa

Alois Vašátko One of the Few jeden z nemnohých …………….* 25.08.1908, Čelákovice. …………….† 23.06.1942, English Channel, Devon. The Early Years: Raná léta: Alois Vašátko was born on 25 August 1908 in Čelákovice, a town 15 miles North East of Prague, … Continue reading →

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Josef Frantisek – Remembered 08.10.2021.

Posted on 9 October 2021 by fcafa

Otaslavice, Czech Republic. Northwood, UK. _______________________________________________________________ An biography for Josef František here and here

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Hurricane JX-E arrives at Tocna

Posted on 14 June 2021 by fcafa

Video’s curtesy of Hanka Moravcová Videa pořízená Hanou Moravcovou Hurricane JX-E in the livery when flown by Karel Kuttelwascher, the most successful WW2 Czechoslovak fighter pilot arrives this afternoon to Točná airfield, near Prague, Czech Republic. Hurricane JX-E v barvách, … Continue reading →

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Nieuwe Niedorp

Posted on 3 June 2021 by fcafa

This afternoon’s speech by Rian van Dam, Mayor of Nieuwe Niedorp, at the Press Conference about the Wellington T2990 crash site excavation. _______________________________________________________________ Ladies and gentlemen, On behalf of the municipality of Hollands Kroon I would like to welcome you … Continue reading →

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