Bomber's Top Gun
Czechoslovak bomber airmen while serving with Bomber Command 1940-1942
Name | Trade | Bomber Command | Coastal Command | |
1. | W/Cdr Josef Ocelka DFC | Pilot | 44 (224hrs 30min) | - |
2. | F/Lt Vladimír Slánský | Wireless Operator Pilot |
45 (213hrs 40min) - |
- 35 (358hrs 50min) |
3. | S/Ldr Alois Šedivý DFC DFM | Pilot | 41 (213hrs 04min) | 39 (425hrs 48min) |
4. | F/Lt Metoděj Šebela DFC | Pilot | 39 (210hrs 45min) | 15 (173hrs 06min) |
5. | F/Lt František Fencl | Pilot | 40 (211hrs 47min) | 19 (155hrs 11min) |
6. | F/Lt Josef Čapka DFM | Pilot | 42 (210hrs 10min) | - |
7. | F/Lt Karel Vildomec | Pilot | 37 (210hrs 50min) | - |
8. | W/Cdr Jindřich Breitcetl DFC | Pilot | 46 (208 hrs 10min) | 8 (61hrs 38min) |
Czechoslovak bomber airmen while serving with Coastal Command 1942-1945
Name | Trade | Bomber Command | Coastal Command | |
1. | F/Lt Miroslav Vild DFC | Wireless Operator | 4 (18hrs 32min) | 106 (1120hrs 41min) |
2. | P/O Ladislav Valníček | Air Gunner | - | 81 (932hrs 41min) |
3. | F/O Jan Roman Irving | Pilot | 2 (7hrs 51min) | 91 (917hrs 25min) |
4. | P/O Jan Novosad | Wireless Operator | - | 80 (851hrs 32min) |
5. | W/O Karel Gedoš | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | 3 (9hrs 48min) | 85 (817hrs 19min) |
6. | F/O Jan Vella DFC | Pilot | - | 71 (817hrs 15min) |
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18/09/2015 20:32
Cemetries & Memorials updated
Brookwood Cemetery - photos added, added link to FCAFA site,
Runnymede Memorial - title photo changed, added link to FCAFA site with panel photos.
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18/09/2015 14:54
Book 311 Squadron - Customer Reviews
Link to Customer Rerviews on Amazon added to page 311 Squadron book.
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17/09/2015 18:41
Přednáška/Talk - Vladimír Šponar
Added invitation to my talk about Czechoslovak airmen, 311 Squadron and particularly pilot Vladimír Šponar.
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15/09/2015 20:16
Online exhibition dedicated to Czechoslovak airmen
Links were updaded, link to on-line exhibition75th anniversary of the formation of most Czechoslovak squadrons in the RAF was added.
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