Category Archives: POW

Colditz Tale

Posted on 3 May 2012 by

. It started out as just a visit to a military site of historic interest………….!. In planning our return trip from the Czech Republic we found ourselves passing close to the town of Colditz in the former German Democratic Republic. … Continue reading →

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Jaroslav Nyc

Posted on 16 April 2012 by

. A Brief Biography of W/O Jaroslav Nýč (Formerly of 311 (Czechoslovakian) Sqn RAF) Adapted from an article in ‘The Roundel’ – the station magazine of RAF Bahrain (Sept’ 1963) As a boy Jaroslav Nýč always wanted to fly and … Continue reading →

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Pavel Svoboda remembers

Posted on 26 August 2011 by

Recollections of W/O Pavel Svoboda, Air Gunner with 311 Czechoslovak Sqn:- I was born on 28 June 1916 at Bohuslavice u Kyjova, Hodonín, Czechoslovakia. In 1939, I was studying at the Law Faculty of Masaryk University, Brno, Czechoslovakia. I was … Continue reading →

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Arnost Zabrs remembers

Posted on 19 August 2011 by

. Recollections of W/O Arnošt Zábrš, pilot with 311 Czechoslovak Sqn: I was born on the 19.4.1912 in Brno (Brunn), Czechoslovakia, son of a man, who died at the end of the world-war one, as a consequence of that war … Continue reading →

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Karel Valasek – Evasion and PoW

Posted on 19 June 2011 by

. P/O Karel Valášek was serving as a pilot with 310 Sqn. when he was shot down in his Spitfire over France. His story of his evasion, capture and being a PoW is: On the 21st of May 1944, I … Continue reading →

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Karel Stastny – PoW

Posted on 12 June 2011 by

. The account of W/O Karel Šťastný, a pilot with 311 Sqn, as a Prisoner of War, by M. Vincent: Almost from the outset, Karel’s crew was to become acquainted with anti-aircraft fire during bombing raids, but there was none … Continue reading →

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Czechoslovak Prisoners of War

Posted on 28 May 2011 by

. For members of the Czechoslovak Armed Forces during WW2 the possibility of German captivity represented an extreme personal risk. Czechoslovakia had been broken up before the war started and, from the viewpoint of the legislation of Nazi Germany, it … Continue reading →

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Josef Bryks

Posted on 20 February 2011 by

. . Josef Bryks . . . * 18 March 1916 † 11 August 1957 . . . Josef Bryks was born on 18 March 1916 in Lašťany, now Bělkovice-Lašťany, near Olomouc, in the Moravian region of Czechoslovakia. He was … Continue reading →

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Alois Siska

Posted on 15 August 2010 by

One man’s struggle against Nazi tyranny, the elements and Communism. . Jeden z mužů, kteří bojovali proti nacistické tyranii, s přírodními živly a komunistickou nenávistí. . Alois Šiška . ………………………………* 15 May 1914 ………………………..† 9 September 2003 . . Alois … Continue reading →

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