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13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain

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List of witnesses


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Colonel Josef Balejka (1917 - 2004)

born in Valašské Klobouky on March 4, 1917 learned to fly in Masaryk Air League in Uzhhorod joined up 3 Air Regiment in Piešťany after that went through training in Prague-Kbely in 1938 returned to Piešťany, after the declaration of the Slovak State he had to ... arrows 


Second Lieutenant Vladimír Baum (1922)

born July 13th 1922 in Petrov nad Desnou in the Terezín settlement comes from a mixed marriage of a Czech and a German attended a Czech school in Rapotín and Šumperk January 1939 drafted to the German army and assigned to Luftwaffe as a pilot took part in air ... arrows 


Otakar Černý (1919 - 2009)

grew up in Moravia hobbies – shooting and flying joined the Czech air forces in Prague, mobilization in 1938 escaped to Poland got to France and joined the foreign legion later escaped to England, served in the 311th bomber squadron on the RAF June 1941 – ... arrows 


Lucy Doležalová (1922)

born April 15th, 1922 in Worcestershire County in Great Britain during the war met Czechoslovak soldier Jan Doležal who was serving in England then; they married Jan Doležal was sent with a group of officers to the eastern front, in 1944 participated in the ... arrows 


František Fajtl (1912 - 2006)

born August 20, 1912 in Donín near Louny studied a commercial academy, then military academy, from which he graduated in 1935 as lieutenant pilot 1939 left for Poland, after the outbreak of WWII for France in France served in defense of the air space over Lyon ... arrows 


Imrich Gablech (1915)

he was a pilot born on November 4th 1915 in Hrachoviště village in Slovakia on June 7th 1939 he flew from Slovakia to Poland accompanied by another three pilots he managed to escape by plane during the bombing attack on the Deblin base he and some other Polish ... arrows 


Sergeant Petr Gibian (1922 - 2008)

was born on May 1st 1922 in Ceske Budejovice town he didn´t have time to finish the highschool before the war came, he graduated after the war he comes from the Jewish family, his family disappeared in the concentration cams during the war shortly after the ... arrows 


Colonel (ret.) Karel Kadlec (1916)

born June 17th 1916 in Chlum u Třeboně August 21st 1931 began working in the Baťa company in Zlín at the military academy in Prostějov trained as an aircraft specialist after the declaration of the Protectorate escaped to Poland, later got to France served in ... arrows 


Hanuš Korda (1917)

born 2nd November 1917 in Prague, from a wealthy Jewish family 1937 - studied in Denmark 1938 - moved to Britain, persuaded his parents to also emigrate went through several jobs before the war started joined the Czechoslovak army assigned to No 311 Bombing ... arrows 


Karel Macháček (1916 - 2005)

born January 11th 1916 in Brandýs nad Labem in a family of a railways employee studied at Kyjov grammar school, then medical faculty in Brno, due to the closing down of Czech universities in autumn 1939 unable to complete his studies at the turn of 1939 and 1940 ... arrows 


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