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

25/06/2017 09:22

Photo Appeal page updated

I would like to thank to all contributors who have provided photos of Czechoslovak Airmen from the "Want List". Since the last update 20 new photos were obtained. Chtěl bych poděkovat všem, kteří nám pomohli s fotografiemi československých letců ze...

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12/05/2017 14:36

Added information about my latest talk at Čelákovice

My latest talk about fighter pilot W/Cdr Alois Vašátko, DFC took place on 11th May 2017 at Čelákovice. Few photos available on page Talks.

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28/04/2017 17:41

Invitation to Alois Vašátko Talk

Added invitation (on the mainpage) to my nearest talk which will be dedicated to Alois Vašátko, the first Commanding Officer of the Czechoslovak Fighter Wing with the RAF. More information can be found on the Town Museum at Čelákovice website.

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21/12/2016 20:54

Season's greetings

I would like to wish a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2017 to all vistors of my website and I hope to see you here again next year! Pavel Vančata

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22/11/2016 10:21

Article about my book "Moonlight Flyer"

My latest book has been announced in the newspaper of the Czech and Slovak Community in Toronto - for more details see the "Moonlight Flyer" book page.  

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