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 |
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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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