Guinea Pig Memorial Appeal
Please give your support for a crowd funding appeal to raise funds for a memorial to commemorate the Guinea Pigs of WW2. The ‘Guinea Pigs’ were 649 badly burnt RAF […]
Czech Spitfire Club remembers Jaroslav Sterbacek
On 27 May 2016, the Czech Spitfire Club, of Jihlava, Czech Republic, remembered Jaroslav Štěbáček’s symbolic grave at Brookwood Cemetery. Jaroslav Štěbáček was the first Czechoslovak airmen to be killed […]
Oldrich Kestler – one of the few
Jeden z hrstky * 18.03.1915, Čižice. † 07.04.1941, Ternhill, UK. Druhá světová válka byla ve znamení do té doby nezvyklé intenzity leteckých bojů. Prakticky od začátku vzplanutí válečného požáru hrálo […]
A Pilot’s Life in Active Service from 1930 – 1954
A Pilot’s Life in Active Service from 1930 – 1954 by Raimund Půda In ‘A Pilot’s Life in Active Service from 1930-1957’, the story of successful and inspiring pilot Raimund […]
Eduard Prchal – Remembered 2016
On 7 May, Klub přátel E.M. Prchala held an informal remembrance of Eduard Prchal, former resident of Dolní Břežany, who had been a pre-war Baťa pilot, 310 Sqn Battle of […]
Jan Vella – memorial plaque unveiled
V úterý 10. května 2016 se na Kladně konalo odhalení pamětní desky u příležitosti 110. výročí narození Jana Velly. Deska je umístěna na domě, odkud v listopadu 1939 odešel z […]
Jaroslav HOFRICHTER
Jaroslav HOFRICHTER * 23/09/20 Plzeň, Czechoslovakia. † 09/05/16 Prague, CR. _______________________________________________________________ With sadness we must advise that W/O Jaroslav HOFRICHTER, 788189 WW2 Flight Engineer with 311 Sqn. RAF died 9 […]
Brookwood – 71st Anniversary
The 71st anniversary of the end of WW2 was commemorated at Brookwood at 14:00 on 7 May 2016. The well attended ceremony was honoured with the attendances of His Excellency […]
Plzen remembers its fallen RAF Airmen
At 16:00, 28 April, a remembrance ceremony was held in Habrmannově náměstí, Plzeň in remembrance of Alois Záleský 34, 312 Sqn pilot († 09. 02. 45.), Karel Pavlík 23, 313 […]
Circus 157 – Remembrance 2016
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