Category Archives: Biography

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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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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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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Frantisek Binder

Posted on 22 January 2013 by

František Binder …………………….* 22. 10. 1914. …………………….† 04. 03. 1942. František a jeho rodina František and his family František Binder se narodil 22. října 1914 v Hojné Vodě. Nyní v jihočeském kraji České republiky blízko rakouské hranice, ale v roce … 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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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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Vladimir Nedved remembered

Posted on 14 November 2012 by

. W/Cmdr Vladimír Nedvěd MBE, DFC, CMC, TGM Vladimír Nedvěd, who was to become the youngest Commanding Officer of 311 Sqn, was born on 27 March 1917 in the maternity hospital at Brno, Czechoslovakia. His early years were in Kyjov … Continue reading →

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Alois Sedivy DFC DFM

Posted on 1 September 2012 by

. . Alois Sedivy DFC DFM by Susan M Sedivy . .… .… .… Alois Sedivy (Lou) came from humble beginnings and was orphaned at the age of three. He lived in a subsistence lifestyle on a farm in Zlesice, … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Heroes – Dark Blue World

Posted on 25 August 2012 by

. When Otto Smik’s body was finally sent home to be buried in Slovakia in 1994, he was accorded a hero’s return – unlike so many other Czechoslovakian airmen who flew for the RAF. SARAH HANNA of the Old Flying … Continue reading →

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Alois Sedivy

Posted on 10 August 2012 by

. Československý bombardovací a dopravní pilot Alois Šedivý Alois Šedivý, Czechoslovak Bomber and Transport Pilot. V roce 1940 byl jedním z těch, kteří pomáhali operační „rozjezd“ 311. čs. peruti, jediné čs. bombardovací jednotky v rámci RAF. V roce 1945, kdy … Continue reading →

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