Karel Mrázek – One of the Few
* 29.11.1910, Náchod. † 05.12.1998, Jablonec nad Nissou. Pre WW2 Karel Mrázek was born on 29 November 1910 in Náchod, a rural town 130km north-east of Prague and close to […]
311 Squadron RAF – 80th Anniversary
80th Anniversary 29th July 2010 the 80th Anniversary of the formation of 311 Squadron the Czechoslovak bomber Squadron in the Royal Air Force.
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 […]
Battle of Britain – 85th Anniversary
The 10 July, the 85th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Britain. 10. července si připomínáme 85. výročí začátku bitvy o Británii. 2940 Allied airmen flow in that […]
Oldřich Schiesler
Zastupitelstvo města Dvůr Králové nad Labem udělilo dne 19. 6. 2025 ocenění “Cena města Dvůr Králové nad Labem” letci RAF Oldřichu Schieslerovi in memoriam za celoživotní mimořádné zásluhy v oblasti […]
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 […]
Bomber Command Memorial Ceremony – 29 June 2025.
On 29 June 2025, the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund held their annual ceremony, at the Bomber Command Memorial, Green Park, London, to commemorates the 55,573 Allied airmen who lost […]
Josef Prihoda – One of the Few
* 09.10.1914, Vlašim. † 06.03.1943, St Vierge, France. Pre WW2 Josef Příhoda was born at Vlašim, a small country town, some 55km south-east of Prague, on 9 October 1914. He […]
