Royal Air Force | Memory of Nations

Olička in England 1940

Olga Horníčková Nováková

* 1922

Veteran of WW2, western front, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain

ALH

Antonín Ladislav Hruška

* 1915

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Josef Jelínek in 2018

Doc. Ing. Josef Jelínek

* 1934

Victim of forced relocation, Repatriated, Royal Air Force, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Dagmar Marešová after her birth in 1947 with her father Brigadier General Karel Mareš

Dagmar Jungmannová

* 1947

Victim of forced relocation, Relatives of important personalities, Royal Air Force, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2 and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 6. 1949 – Execution of General Heliodor Píka, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2 and 1 more anniversaries

Joy Kadečková

Joy Kadečková

* 1921 †︎ 2006

Veteran of WW2, western front, National minorities, Royal Air Force

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain

Karel Kadlec

Karel Kadlec

* 1916 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Royal Air Force

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain

Felix Kafka 2016

Dr. Felix Kafka

* 1925

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Winton’s Children, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Jiří Kafka as a RAF pilot

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Jiří Pavel Kafka

* 1924

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Royal Air Force and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Hanuš Korda

Hanuš Korda

* 1917 †︎ 2005

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, Holocaust, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

Miloslav Kratochvíl - Bitton

Colonel (ret.) Miloslav Kratochvíl - Bitton

* 1919 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign

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