Fighter's Top Gun
Victories of Czechoslovak fighter pilots
Unit | Confirmed | Probabable | Damaged |
No. 310 Squadron | 56 + 4 FB | 20 | 32 |
No. 312 Squadron | 14 | 9 | 16 |
No. 313 Squadron | 12 | 8 | 16 |
Czechoslovak Flight of No. 68 Squadron | 18 1/2 + 3 FB | 5 | 7 |
Total | 100 1/2 + 7 FB | 42 | 71 |
Note: FB stands for German flying bomb V-1
Unit | Confirmed | Probable | Damaged |
Czechoslovak pilots at Polish Units | 17 | 1 | 0 |
Czechoslovak pilots at British Units | 68 | 14 1/3 | 45 2/3 |
Total | 85 | 15 1/3 | 45 2/3 |
Confirmed | Probable | Damaged |
185 + 7 FB | 57 1/3 | 116 2/3 |
Czechoslovak day fighter pilots listed by number of victories
Name | Confirmed | Probable | Damaged | |
1. | Sgt Josef Fantišek DFM | 17 | 1 | 0 |
2. | S/Ldr Otto Smik DFC | 9 + 3 FB | 2 | 3 |
3. | F/Lt Otmar Kučera DFC | 4 5/6 | 1 | 1 |
4. | F/O Josef Příhoda DFC | 4 1/4 | 2 | 3 |
5. | P/O Emil Fechtner DFC | 4 | 1 | 1 |
6. | F/Lt Stanislav Fejfar | 3 1/2 | 1 | 1 |
7. | F/Lt Bohumil Furst | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Czechoslovak day fighter pilots listed by number of sweeps
Name | Number of sweeps | |
1. | W/Cdr Jaroslav Hlaďo DSO DFC | 281 |
2. | S/Ldr Otto Smik DFC | 200 |
3. | W/Cdr Tomáš Vybíral DSO DFC | 196 |
4. | S/Ldr Václav Šlouf DFC | 192 |
5. | S/Ldr Jiří Hartman DFC | 168 |
Czechoslovak night fighter pilots listed by number of victories
Name | Confirmed | Probable | Damaged | |
1. | F/Lt Karel Kuttelwasher DFC & bar | 18 | 1 | 5 |
2. | S/Ldr Miloslav Mansfeld DSO DFC | 8 1/2 + 2 FB | 0 | 1 |
3. | F/O Ladislav Bobek DFC | 5 | 1 | 3 |
4. | S/Ldr Josef Hanuš DFC | 4 | 0 | 1 |
5. | W/O Josef Dygrýn DFM | 3 | 0 | 0 |
6. | F/Lt Josef Adam | 2 + 1 FB | 1 | 0 |
7. | S/Ld Vlastimil Veselý DFC | 1 1/2 | 0 | 2 |
8. | F/Lt Josef Vopalecký | 2 | 0 | 1 |
9. - 12. | F/Lt Karel Šeda | 1 | 0 | 0 |
9. - 12. | F/Lt Jan Šerhant | 1 | 0 | 0 |
9. - 12. | F/O Bedřich Krátkoruký | 1 | 0 | 0 |
9. - 12. | P/O František Běhal | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Czechoslovak night fighterradar operators listed by number of victories
Name | Confirmed | Probable | Damaged | |
1. | F/Lt Slavomil Janáček DFC DFM | 8 1/2 + 2 FB | 0 | 1 |
2. | F/O Bohuslav Kovařík DFM | 5 | 1 | 3 |
3. | W/O Fridolín Gemrot | 2 + 1 FB | 1 | 0 |
4. - 5. | F/O Rudolf Husár | 2 | 0 | 1 |
4. - 5. | P/O Zbyšek Nečas | 2 | 0 | 1 |
6. | F/O Drahomír Hradský | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sources & Literature
News
15/11/2018 21:33
Talk about Sgt Otakar Janůj
Short info with few photos has been added into section Talks about the talk "Sgt Otakar Janůj, 311 Squadron wireless operator" given at Municipal Library of Prague, Opatov Branch, on 15. 11. 2018
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05/11/2018 12:48
Invitation to talk on 15.11.2018 added
Invitation to talk on 15.11.2018 in Prague-Opatov library added to main page. Theme - Czechoslovak airmen in the RAF with alignment on 311 Squadron and mostly on Wireless Operator Sgt Otakar Janůj.
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02/11/2018 17:19
Page "Poslední let Wellingtonu T2624" - updated
Page of book Poslední let Wellingtonu T2624 has been updated - added link to Slavičínský zpravodaj where an article about Otakar Jnůj has been published.
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02/11/2018 16:04
Photo appeal page updated
Thanks to help of this website visitors we were able to obtained photos of 3 Czechoslovak airmen whose faces were uknown to us and the list has been shortened. If you can help us with some more photos of airmen from the list please contact us on the...
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01/11/2018 08:41
Riders in the Sky 1945 - details
The Book "Riders in the Sky 1945" included in new B-24 kit by Eduard has been released, more details on separate page Riders in the Sky 1945
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