Category Archives: 310 Sqd

Farewell to Zdenek Skarvada

Posted on 18 June 2013 by

* 08/11/17 † 11/05/13 28 May 2013, Ostrava, Czech Republic. An English language obituary for Brigadier General Zdeněk Skarvada is here.

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Josef Koukal – one of ‘The Few’

Posted on 11 June 2013 by

Josef Koukal …………………….* 06. 05. 1912. …………………….† 23. 02. 1980. Josef Koukal se narodil 6. května 1912 v Jenišovicích u Vysokého Mýta asi 125 km východně od Prahy. Jeho rodiče Jan Koukal a Emílie Koukalová, za svobodna Dobrkovská, byli zemědělci … Continue reading →

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Zdenek SKARVADA

Posted on 12 May 2013 by

Zdeněk ŠKARVADA * 08/11/17 † 11/05/13 _______________________________________________________________ With sadness we must advise that . W/O Zdeněk ŠKARVADA, 788031 WW2 pilot with 310 Sqn. RAF died 11 May 2013, Ostrava, Czech Republic. _______________________________________________________________ 11. května 2013 v Ostrava, Česká republika zemřel … Continue reading →

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310 Sqn – We Fight to Rebuild

Posted on 19 April 2013 by

1940 The first Czechoslovak squadron in the RAF was 310 Sqn, which was formed in June 1940 at RAF Innsworth Lane, Gloucestershire. It used the squadron code letters ‘NN’ and its badge depicted the Czechoslovak lion in front of an … Continue reading →

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Not Forgotten – Scotland

Posted on 5 April 2013 by

Aberdeenshire: Dyce Old Churchyard, Dyce. Dyce airport was a Royal Air Force station during the 1939-1945 War, and an extension on the western side of the old churchyard was chosen by the authorities for the burial of casualties from the … Continue reading →

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Frantisek Weber – one of ‘The Few’

Posted on 8 March 2013 by

An enquiry in early 2011 by a private collector of Czechoslovak RAF memorabilia, to the Mayor of the Town Hall at Prague 6, regarding a possible memorial plaque on the house where S/Ldr František Weber had lived in their district … Continue reading →

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The Bata RAF Airmen

Posted on 1 March 2013 by

Baťovi letci RAF by John Nash / od Johna Nashe This article is about Dr. Jan Antonín Baťa’s masterful efforts to defend Czechoslovakia before and during the Second World War by planning, financing and organizing a force of heroic Czechoslovak … Continue reading →

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Fürst Bohumir

Posted on 8 January 2013 by

Bohumír Fürst * 10 January 1909 † 2 January 1978 Bohumír Fürst was born 10 January 1909 at Opatovice, in the Moravia region of Czechoslovakia. He was the son of a quarry labourer and had four siblings. After completing his … Continue reading →

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56 OTU at Sutton Bridge

Posted on 1 January 2013 by

. by 
Alastair Goodrum In its time, Sutton Bridge saw aircrew of all Allied nationalities pass through its gates. Poles, the first of many batches of exiles destined for active service in the summer of 1940, arrived on June 23 … Continue reading →

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Remembrance Day – 11 November 2012

Posted on 3 November 2012 by

. Remembrance Sunday 11 November 2012 Remembering the Czechoslovak Airmen who died in World War 2 Vzpomínka na československé letce padlé v ve druhé světové válce 510 serving in the Royal Air Force who died 1940/45 510 českosloveských letců padlo po … Continue reading →

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