Jan Stefan – One of the Few
* 21.04.1914, Záluží. † 03.10.1990, Orillia, Canada. Pre WW2: Jan Štefan was born on 21 April 1914 at Záluží, near Beroun, a small village some 30 km south-west of Prague, […]
Jiri Machacek – One of the Few
* 28.05.1915, Sedlčany. † 08.07.1941, Meores, Belgium. The Early Years: Jiří Jaromír Macháček was born on 28 May 1915 at Sedlčany near Příbram, a town about 35 km South of […]
Josef Frantisek – † 08.10.1940.
_______________________________________________________________ An English/Czech biography for him is here Jeho českou biografii najdete zde. _______________________________________________________________
Emil Foit – One of the Few
* 12.03.1913, Brno. † 18.06.1976, Newquay, UK. The Early Years: Emil Antonín Foit was born on 12 March 1913 in Brno, the former capital city of the Moravian region in […]
Antonin Dvorak – 29.04.23.
Antonín Dvořák 310 Sqn pilot remembered in Zbůch with a memorial plaque unveiled in his honour on 29 April 2023.
Wartime Christmas in foreign fields
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 […]
Alois Vasatko – 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 […]
Josef Frantisek – Remembered 08.10.2021.
Otaslavice, Czech Republic. Northwood, UK. _______________________________________________________________ An biography for Josef František here and here
Hurricane JX-E arrives at Tocna
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 […]
