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#Name*First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See NoteAircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
1 BrayPercival BlewittAircraftman 2nd Class1249720Age 37RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1941-08-12KilledUnited Kingdom, Lutton Cemetery, Grave 607.Son of William Blewitt Bray and Eliza Bray, of Lutton Marsh; Husband of Elsie May Bray, of Gaywood, Kings Lynn, Norfolk.
2 BinderFrantisekSergeant787400Age 27RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1942-03-04KilledUnited Kingdom, East Wretham (St. Ethelbert) Churchyard, Grave 21.Of Czechoslovakia.
3 BittnerJosefFlight Sergeant787427Age 26RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1943-08-30KilledUnited Kingdom, Brookwood Military Cemetery, 28. A. 4.
4 BlahaJanSergeant787458Age 33RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1942-10-18KilledUnited Kingdom, Brookwood Military Cemetery, 28. E. 6.
Of Czechoslovakia.
5 BlahaJosefFlight Sergeant788010Age AFM
RAFVR313Sqn (Czech)1943-01-15KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 135.
6 BlahacekEduardSergeant788249Age 23RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1943-08-29KilledUnited Kingdom, Brookwood Military Cemetery, 28. B. 8.
7 BlahnaVaclavSergeant788339Age 27RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1943-08-29KilledUnited Kingdom, Brookwood Military Cemetery, 28. B. 9.
8 BodlakMilosFlight Sergeant787293Age 22RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1945-01-01KilledUnited Kingdom, Tain (St. Duthus) Cemetery, Sec. F. Grave 46.Of Czechoslovakia.
9 BodlakMilosFlight Sergeant787293Age 22RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1945-01-01KilledUnited Kingdom, Tain (St. Duthus) Cemetery, Sec. F. Grave 46.Of Czechoslovakia.
10 BohnischFrantisekSergeant788038Age 28RAFVR313Sqn (Czech)1942-02-23KilledUnited Kingdom, Hornchurch Cemetery, Sec. A. Grave 1368.Of Czechoslovakia.
11 BolfikRudolfSergeant787583Age RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1941-01-16KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 39.
12 BorkovecMiroslavSergeant787528Age RAFVR313Sqn (Czech)1942-05-17KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 78.
13 BoultonJohn EricFlying Officer40362Age RAF310 (Czech)Sqn1940-09-09KilledUnited Kingdom, Wallington (Bandon Hill) Cemetery, Sec. R. Grave 28.
14 BenediktFrantisekSergeant788287Age 22RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1944-12-04KilledUnited Kingdom, Tain (St. Duthus) Cemetery, Sec. F. Grave 18.Of Czechoslovakia.
15 BrazdaProkopFlight Sergeant787673Age 26RAFVR313Sqn (Czech)1942-04-24KilledUnited Kingdom, Hornchurch Cemetery, Sec. A. Grave 1367.Of Czechoslovakia.
16 BreckaLadislavSergeant788186Age 28RAFVR311 (Czech) Sdqn.1942-10-08KilledUnited Kingdom, Haverfordwest (City Road) Cemetery, R.C. Portion. Row 3. Grave 1.Of Czechoslovakia.
17 BreezeRobertCorporal540886Age 25RAF311Sqn (Czech)1941-11-23KilledUnited Kingdom, Liverpool (West Derby) Cemetery, Sec. 6. R.C. Grave 710.

Son of Robert and Elizabeth Breeze, of Liverpool.
18 BreitcetlJindrichWing Commander82537Age DFC

RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1943-08-21KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 118.
19 BriggsHerbert HenryFlight Sergeant1672935Age 21RAFVR102Sqn (Ceylon)

1945-03-05KilledCzech Republic (ex Czechoslovakia), Prague War Cemetery, Joint grave II. B. 11-12.Son Of Herbert Fletcher Briggs And Elizebeth Ann Briggs, Of Gateshead, Co. Durham.
20 BrozJaromirPilot Officer61917Age RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1942-01-17KilledNetherlands (Holland), Tilburg (Gilzerbaan) General Cemetery, Plot A. Row 1. Grave 21.Of Czechoslovakia.
21 BrozAntoninWarrant Officer787720Age 31RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1945-10-05KilledUnited Kingdom, Brookwood Military Cemetery, 28. D. 12.
Of Czechoslovakia.
22 BulisFrantisekPilot Officer131535Age 26RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1942-10-18KilledUnited Kingdom, Brookwood Military Cemetery, 28. E. 4.
Of Czechoslovakia.
23 BunzlAntoninPilot Officer131534Age 23RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1942-10-18KilledUnited Kingdom, Brookwood Military Cemetery, 28. E. 7.
Of Czechoslovakia.
24 BuresOldrichWarrant Officer787474Age 35RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1945-01-01KilledUnited Kingdom, Tain (St. Duthus) Cemetery, Sec. F. Grave 10.Of Czechoslovakia.
25 BuresOldrichWarrant Officer787474Age 35RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1945-01-01KilledUnited Kingdom, Tain (St. Duthus) Cemetery, Sec. F. Grave 10.Of Czechoslovakia.
26 ZrnikThomasFlight Sergeant787374Age RAFVR313Sqn (Czech)1943-09-27KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 140.
27 BabsBrunoFlying Officer103473Age 38RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1943-08-29KilledUnited Kingdom, Brookwood Military Cemetery, 28. B. 2.
28 LiškaAntoninLater General1911 in Hromnice near Pilsen.CzechPilotRAFVRFighter312Sqn
1942-06-29SpitfireVbFighter sweepInjured
Colouration by Jonáš Fiskar		Graduated from the Military Academy in Hranice and the Aviation Department of the Military Academy in Prostějov. Worked at regiment no. 1 - TGM in Hradec Králové. In July 1939 he went to Poland. He left a wife in the protectorate who could not follow her husband due to pregnancy and was then interrogated by the Gestapo throughout the war and imprisoned for over a year. He was accepted into the Polish Air Force, but did not get to fly again due to the lack of aircraft and the rapid turn of events. On September 19, 1939, he was captured by the Soviet army during the retreat and interned on the territory of the USSR. After the intervention of the Czechoslovak foreign government in France, a group of airmen were released from internment and sent back to France via Istanbul, Egypt, India and back around Africa. The journey took three months. During this time, France was defeated and the airmen arrived in Great Britain in October 1940. After training, Antonín Liška went first to the 1Sqn on Hurricane II, then to 312Sqn (Czechoslovak)on Spitfire II, Vb. During a combat flight 1942-06-29 he suffered severe injuries. After convalescence, he completed a course for operational controllers, an internship with the Signal Corps and finally the Air Transport School. He worked at the Air Transport Command as a liaison officer. After WWll he returned to Czechoslovakia to the newly created Air Transport Regiment as deputy commander, later as commander. He flew here with, among others, Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk. In 1949, he was dismissed from the army without reason. He sold cars, delivered milk, worked as a parquet worker, later in the design department of the Plzeň Smelter Project and in Škodovce (then the V.I. Lenin Works) as a sales worker, also teaching English at the labor school here. Published his wartime experiences in the books 'Shadows in the Sky' (J .R. Vilímek 1946),' Men's Paths' (Sorgend Plzeň 1992). He helped the director Zdenek Svěrak in writing the script for the famous film 'Dark Blue World' about Czechoslovak airmen in Great Britain. He was a multi-talented person. A good musician, sportsman and painted many pictures. General Antonín Liška died 1998-12-03. He is buried in his native Hromnice. He is rightfully one of the most important figures in the history of Pilsen. General Liška is an honorary citizen of the city of Pilsen.
29 OcelkaAntoninFlight Sergeant787772Age 31CzechPilotRAFVRFighter Command312Sqn Czechoslovakia
1944-09-18SpitfireIXMK682DU-CRAF North Weald13:05EscortSee archive report for details. Crashed at StrijenPoW
Born on the 27th May 1913 in Lipník nad Bečvou, Czechoslovakia

Archive report of incident

30 OcelkaAntoninSergeant787772Age 30CzechPilotRAFVRFighter Command57 Operational Training Unit1943-04-06SpitfireIIbP8671Training See archive report for details. Forced landingSurvived the war
Born on the 27th May 1913 in Lipník nad Bečvou, Czechoslovakia

Archive report of incident

31 ZadrobilekLadislavSergeant1326941916, Age 25CzechPilotRAFFighter Command111Sqn
1942-03-14Spitfire VbR7192 JU-YJU-yRAF DebdenPatrolCllision with Spitfire Vb BL429 JU-E on the runwayInjured - burns, cut temple

Courtesy Medals Re-United of New Zealand

Released from the hospital on 27 April 1942. returned to 111 squadron to a hearty welcome.'Read the archive report for further details'
32 TomanekJosefSergeant7875011918-03-13 Prerov, CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakiaPilotRAFBomber Command311Sqn Czechoslovakia
1941-12-28WellingtonIcT2553KX-BEast WrethamTake off: 1716WilhelmshavenCrashed North Sea 100 km west of Petten, Noord-HollandKilledRunnymede

He learned to glide at the local flying club. After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938, he fled to England via France. Trained as a pilot, assigned to 311 Sqn (Czech). Took off from RAF East Wretham at 17:16 hrs local time for an operation to Wilhelmshaven in Germany. Over the target, the aircraft was damaged by Flak. Homeward-bound, the port engine caught fire causing the propellor to break off, severing control links; crashed in the North Sea west of Petten (Noord-Holland). Fg Off Mohr is buried in Bergen General Cemetery; the rest of those who died are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Fg Off Scerba was repatriated on 16 September 1944

Five of the six crew members managed to get into the dinghy. The tail gunner drowned when the wreckage sank. After two days, they were spotted 90 kilometers west of Den Helder by British planes. They threw off an aid package, but it floated away. On the morning of New Year’s Day, Josef Tomanek succumbed to the winter hardships. His body was thrown overboard by his comrades. It was not until 3 January that the dinghy and the other four crew members washed ashore at Petten. In the meantime, one of the crew members had died. (Josef Mohr was buried in the war cemetery of Bergen) Josef Tomanek is still missing. His family in the Czech Republic did not know that Josef had been killed until after the war.		Monument to Lost At Sea
33 ZadrobilekLadislavPilot Officer132694CzechPilotCzechoslovakiaFighter Command310Sqn Czechoslovakia
1943-01-02SpitfireVcAR610ScrambleDamagedInjured
34 BorovecRudolfFLying Officer81885Age 27CzechPilotRAFVREighteen Command19Sqn
1942-04-01SpitfireVbAD377QV-LRAF Ludham, NorfolkPatrolSee Archive report for further detailsSurvived bt later killedCentral cemetery, Pardubice, CzechiaBorn on the 05th February 1915 in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia. The text on the memorial reads: 'Borovec Rudolf/ št.captain of the air force, former adjutant of the Royal Air Force,/fighter of the Slovak uprising and partisan/ * 5. 2. 1915 - +9. 11. 1944/ fell in Slovakia between Železn and Magura/ during the Uprising near Báňská Bystrica. Rudolf Borovec/ *9. 1885, martyred in Oswiecim 1943".Read Archive Loss Report

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35 AdlamReginald George DavidFlying Officer4212786Age 23RNZAF153Sqn (RAF)1945-03-06KilledCzech Republic (ex Czechoslovakia), Prague War Cemetery, II. C. 4.Son Of John David And Gladys Nellie Adlam, Of Auckland City, New Zealand.
36 AlbrechtJosefSergeant787410Age 25RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1940-10-16KilledUnited Kingdom, Pinner Cemetery, Sec. G.4. Coll. Grave 17.Of Czechoslovakia.
37 BabacekPavelSergeant787148Age RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1941-07-19KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 39.
38 BaberThomas James DesmondFlight Lieutenant39857Age MiDRNZAF75Sqn RNZAF
1942-03-12KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 114.Awarded The Czech Medal For Bravery.
39 BabicekZdenekSergeant787505Age RAFVR311 (Czech)Sqn1941-09-15KilledGermany, Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Coll. grave 27. F. 12-15.Son of Dr. Jan Babicek and Mrs. Babicek, of Olomono, Czechoslovakia.
40 BryksJosefFlight Lieutenant1916-03-18CzechPilotMBE

Czech War Cross (x3)

RAFVRFighter242Sqn
1941-06-17HurricaneIIZ2508Circus 14Shot down ?PoW


Memorial plaque to Josef Bryks at 15 Hanáckého pluku Street in Olomouc		Victim of Communist regime post-war. Born March 18, 1916, Laštany, Olomouc district, Olomouc region. Died August 12, 1957, Rovnost Uranium Mine Hospital in Ostrov nad Ohrí, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region

Prisoner of war during WWll. Several attempts to escape from captivity, including stealing a German plane. After the war, he married Gertrude Rose, with whom he corresponded while in captivity. He returned to Czechoslovakia with her after the war. After the communist coup, he was sentenced to a total of thirty years in prison. He went through the toughest prisons, and worked in uranium mines. His health deteriorated, but he was denied help. He died of a heart attack on the night of August 11 to 12, 1957. His remains were not released to his family and he was secretly buried in a cemetery in Prague - Motola. His decorations, including an MBE, and other items were stolen by the StB during searches. In his native village of Laštany, a commemorative plaque was unveiled to him in 1994, ten years later he was awarded the City of Olomouc Award, and a street was named after him in the Cerný Most housing estate in Prague. Two films were made about Josef Bryks. The first, the British film "Srdce v zajetí" ('The Captive Heart'), was made in 1946, the second 'The Man Who Overestimated the Czech Soul, or the Escapes of Josef Bryks', was made in 2007, produced by Czech Television. Several books have been published about his fate.… (courtesy RAF Museum)		Bio Wikipedia
41 BaileyWilliam JamesFlying Officer189698Age 20RAFVR153Sqn1945-03-06KilledCzech Republic (ex Czechoslovakia), Prague War Cemetery, II. C. 7.Son Of William James Bailey And Lydia Jane Bailey, Of Sandleheath, Hampshire.
42 BambusekJanLeading Aircraftman787715Age 28RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1942-04-04KilledUnited Kingdom, East Wretham (St. Ethelbert) Churchyard, Grave 22/42.Of Czechoslovakia.
43 BartosJindrichFlying Officer83220Age 29RAFVR312 (Czech)Sqn1941-02-13KilledUnited Kingdom, Liverpool (West Derby) Cemetery, Sec. 11. R.C. Coll. grave 392.

Of Czechoslovakia.
44 BarvirRudolfSergeant788414Age 33RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1944-10-29KilledUnited Kingdom, Tain (St. Duthus) Cemetery, Sec. F. Grave 22.Of Czechoslovakia.
45 BauerJiriSergeant788248Age 20RAFVR310 (Czech.)Sqn1944-06-28KilledFrance, Bayeux War Cemetery, Xv. M. 24.Of Czechoslovakia.
46 BaumrukBohumilSergeant787186Age RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1941-01-16KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 39.
47 BeavenRoyFlight Sergeant626944Age 22DFM

RAF83Sqn1943-04-17KilledCzech Republic (ex Czechoslovakia), Prague War Cemetery, Ii. D. 3.Son Of Joseph George And Rosina Mary Beaven, Of Bournemouth, Hampshire.
48 BeckHerbertSergeant787973Age RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1944-03-13KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 224.
49 BecvarKarelFlight Lieutenant82587Age DFC

RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1942-08-18KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 65.Son Of Mr. And Mrs. Karel Becvar.
50 BednarAntoninFlight Sergeant788416Age 31RAFVR311Sqn (Czech)1945-01-01KilledUnited Kingdom, Tain (St. Duthus) Cemetery, Sec. F. Grave 48.Of Czechoslovakia.

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