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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News
08/11/2016 20:45
Added information about my latest talk at Příbor
My latest talk about 311 Squadron pilot, Sgt Oldřich Helma, took place on 25th October 2016 at Příbor. Few photos available on page Talks.
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04/11/2016 22:59
Research Trip CZRAF 2003 - England & Wales
After a long spell I was able to re-create my first Research Trip around the UK - CZRAF 2003.
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04/11/2016 18:29
Photo Appeal update
I would like to thank to all those who helped us to get photos and identified two from Czechoslovak airmen whose faces were not known to us before. If you have any photos of your relatives of Czechoslovak serving in the RAF & WAAF please check...
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16/09/2016 20:34
First review of my latest book
Added link to Amazon.com where first review of my latest book Moonlight Flyer can by found.
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31/05/2016 22:23
New book Moonlight Flyer released
My latest book Moonlight Flyer was released - for more details see separate page in section My Books.
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