Category Archives: 313 Sqd

Circus 157 – remembered

Posted on 16 May 2013 by

Nejsou zapomenuti Not forgotten Malá pietní oslava na paměť 71. výročí RAF Operace Circus 157 proběhla 5.5. 2013 v podvečerních hodinách na vojenském hřbitově CWGC Ypres Town Extension v Ypres v belgických Flandrách. A discreet remembrance act commemoration the 71st … Continue reading →

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Arnost Mrtvy – Spitfire MJ558 excavation

Posted on 5 May 2013 by

Arnošt Mrtvý was born 12 January 1916 at Hrdibořice, Prostějov, Czechoslovakia. After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia on 15 March 1939, he decided to escape to Poland where he had heard that Czechoslovak military forces where being formed to fight … 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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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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Jaroslav Himr

Posted on 11 December 2012 by

. . . . . . Jaroslav Himr . . …………………….* 17 June 1917 …………………….† 24 September 1943 . . . . . . . . Jaroslav Himr se narodil dne 17. června 1917 v obci Věrovany u Olomouce, v … Continue reading →

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Jaroslav Hlouzek Remembrance Ceremony

Posted on 26 November 2012 by

. Smrt ve vlnách – příběh válečného letce Jaroslava Hloužka Death in the waves – the story of the war pilot Jaroslav Hloužek Letos uplynulo sedmdesát let, co ve vlnách kanálu La Manche zahynul Jaroslav Hloužek, pilot 313. československé stíhací … 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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Memorial Plaque unveiling Ceremony – Prostejov

Posted on 4 October 2012 by

. Na Den české státnosti, 28. září se před 11 hodinou dopolední na městském hřbitově v Prostějově shromáždilo asi 80 až 100 lidí na odhalení pamětní desky rekonstruovaného památníku v němž je uložena prsť z 156 hrobů československých zahraničních letců … Continue reading →

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Spitfire aircraft of 310 Sqn, 312 Sqn and 313 Sqn

Posted on 19 September 2012 by

. Listing of Spitfire aircraft and Serial Numbers that served with 310, 312 and 313 (Czech) Squadron RAF. Squadron code letters: 310 Sqn ‘NN’ 312 Sqn ‘DU’ 313 Sqn ‘RY’ In the main units are operational and are given where … Continue reading →

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