Royal Air Force | Memory of Nations

Stanislav Mikula

Colonel Stanislav Mikula

* 1918 †︎ 2006

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign

František Navrátil

František Navrátil

* 1919 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

Karel Navrátil

Karel Navrátil

* 1915 †︎ 2012

Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Wehrmacht soldier, Sokol

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria

Milan Nechvátal

Major Milan Nechvátal

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

1940 - The Battle of France

Zdeněk Neruda

Colonel (ret.) Zdeněk Neruda

* 1920 †︎ 2018

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Royal Air Force, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Stanley Nova in the RAF

Stanley Nova, roz. Nováček

* 1922 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Royal Air Force, Wehrmacht soldier, Hidden people and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Novák

Jaroslav Novák

* 1921 †︎ 2011

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

František Peřina

General (ret.) František Peřina

* 1911 †︎ 2006

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

1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain

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Milan Píka

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Emigrant, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Royal Air Force

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 6. 1949 – Execution of General Heliodor Píka

war picture

Colonel (ret.) Alois Píška

* 1920 †︎ 2014

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France

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