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)
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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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News

13/07/2020 15:33

Photo Appeal update

List of names whose photos are still missing has been updated on page Photo Appeal in section Research.

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30/06/2020 14:11

Book in preparation - W/Cdr Ocelka DFC

Name of the person my new book will be about has been revealed - W/Cdr Ocelka DFC.

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21/05/2020 08:34

New article in REVI 120

Added info about my new article in REVI 120 into section REVI magazine

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21/05/2020 08:34

Added another hint about the book in preparation

Added new hint about the book in preparation to helpt to indetify the 311 Sq personality the book will be about.

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27/04/2020 09:47

Added new hint about the book in preparation

Added new hint about the book in preparation to helpt to indetify the 311 Sq personality the book will be about.

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