Category Archives: 312 Sqd

Milan Maly – Remembered

Posted on 21 May 2013 by

* 30/09/23, Brno, Czechoslovakia. † 01/05/13, České Budějovice, Czech Republic. Od roku 1940 pracoval v německém Kasselu, odkud se mu podařilo 21. června 1940 uprchnout přes Alpy do Jugoslávie. Na našem konzulátu v Bělehradě podepsal 29. června vstup do čs. … Continue reading →

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Milan MALÝ

Posted on 1 May 2013 by

Milan MALÝ * 30/09/23 † 01/05/13 _______________________________________________________________ With sadness we must advise that . Sgt Milan MALÝ, 788498 WW2 pilot with 312 Sqn. RAF died 1 May 2013, České Budějovice, Czech Republic. _______________________________________________________________ 1. května 2013 v Českých Budějovicích, Česká … 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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Loch Doon Spitfire P7540

Posted on 15 March 2013 by

The Loch Doon Spitfire is found. by Peter Moran The Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Group located the wreck of Spitfire P7540 in Loch Doon in the summer of 1982 after a five year search. A five year search for a … 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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Otakar Kresta and the Parker Pen Spitfire

Posted on 1 February 2013 by

17.9.1918 – 10.10.1992 Klokočov, Nový Jičín, Czechoslovakia On 12th April 1942 Otakar Kresta, a pilot with 313 (Czechoslovak) Fighter Squadron, took off from Hornchurch, Essex in Spitfire AD384 on a mission to escort a flight of Bostons charged with bombing … Continue reading →

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Jan MAYER

Posted on 28 January 2013 by

Jan MAYER * 11/06/18 † 11/01/13 _______________________________________________________________ With sadness we must advise that . W/O Jan MAYER, 787384 WW2 pilot with 312 Sqn. RAF died 11 January 2013 at Chelmsford, England. _______________________________________________________________ 11. ledna 2013 v Chelmsford, Anglie zemřel W/O … 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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Lotnicy Czechoslowaccy Walczacy z Niemcami w Polsce w 1939 Roku

Posted on 28 October 2012 by

. . LOTNICY CZECHOSŁOWACCY WALCZĄCY Z NIEMCAMI W POLSCE W 1939 ROKU. by Henryk Józef Łusiewicz   . . . . An account of the Czechoslovak airmen who escaped from their homeland in 1939, to Poland, after the German occupation … Continue reading →

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