No. 1429 Czech Operational Training Flight
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Date of Establishment: 16th December 1941
Place of Establishment: East Wretham
Date of Disbandment: 1st February 1943
Place of Disbandment: Thornaby
No. 1429 COTF was created to replace Operational Training Flight (OTF) within No. 311 Squadron to five operational traning to new crews for No. 311 Squadron.
On 1st February 1943 No. 1429 COTF became Czech Flight of No. 6 (C) Operation Training Unit.
No. 1429 COTF Stations
Station | From | To |
East Wretham, Suffolk | 16.12.1941 | 29.06.1942 |
North Luffenham, Rutland | 29.06.1942 | 30.06.1942 |
Woolfox Lodge, Rutland | 30.06.1942 | 31.08.1942 |
Church Broughton, Derbyshire | 31.08.1942 | 10.11.1942 |
Thornaby, North Yorkshire | 10.11.1942 | 01.02.1943 |
No. 1429 COTF Commanding Officers
Commanding Officer | From | To |
S/Ldr Josef Šejbl | 16.12.1941 | 24.04.1942 |
S/Ldr Jindřich Breitcetl | 24.04.1942 | 01.02.1943 |
Source: Pajer Miloslav, Ve stínu slávy, Svět křídel, Cheb, 1992
News
26/08/2015 16:31
No. 311 Squadron Accidents updated
Section No. 311 Squadron Accidents updated + added details to crashes of three Liberators: BZ775, BZ717 and BZ749.
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26/08/2015 14:13
Battle of Britain section added
Battle of Britain section remembering participation of Czechoslovak fighter pilots in this battle was added.
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21/08/2015 17:23
Photo Appeal page
Photo Appeal page requesting help with photos of Czechoslovak airmen/airwomen we are still unable to indetify was added into section Research.
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14/08/2015 20:31
Top Gun
The last part of Czechoslovak Units added - statistics of the most successful Czechoslovak Airmen in section Top Gun.
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