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 […]
František Kordula – One of the Few
* 03.08.1905, Beroun. † 18.09.1979, Hendon, UK. Pre WW2 František Kordula was born on 3 August 1905 at Beroun, a small town in the Central Bohemian Region of Czechoslovakia, some […]
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 […]
Alois Hlobil – One of the Few
* 06.06.1906, Olomouc. † 15.03.1981, Prague. Pre WW2 Alois Hlobil was born on 6 June 1906 at Olomouc, a Czechoslovak city some 210 km south-east of Prague. He matriculated from […]
Karel Seda – One of the Few
Pre-WW2: Karel Šeda was born on 4 November 1908 at Újezd u Chocně, a village near Vysoké Mýto, approximately 75 miles east of Prague. With his father working as a […]
Josef Stehlík – One of the Few
* 26.03.1915, Pikarec. † 31.05.1991, Slavičín. Pre WW2: Josef Stehlík was born on 26 March 1915 at Pikarec, a village in eastern Bohemia, 140km south-east of Prague. He was the […]
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 […]
Miroslav Kopecky – One of the Few
* 12.08.1911, Hrejkovice. † 19.08.1983, Marondera, Zimbabwe. The Early Years: Miroslav Karel Bedřich Kopecký was born on 12 August 1911 in Hrejkovice, a village 40 miles south of Prague, in […]
Josef Kopřiva – One of the Few
* 09.08.1912, Vlkaneč. † 23.06.1976, Darvel, UK. Pre WW2: Josef Kopřiva was born on 9 August 1912 in Vlkaneč, a village in the Kutná Hora region of Czechoslovakia, some 75 […]
