F/O Karel Alexander Pospíchal - Dacice, Czech Republic
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Karel Alexander Pospíchal, was a Czech pilot, a member of No. 311 Squadron RAF
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Location: Jihočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 02/03/2019
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About Czechoslovak pilots during WWII
On 15 March 1939 Germany occupied Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), the Luftwaffe confiscated all Czechoslovak Air Force aircraft. Emigration was strictly controlled and former air force personnel were not allowed to leave the country Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (
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After France capitulated to Germany on 22 June 1940, many Czechoslovak airmen escaped to the United Kingdom. The RAF quickly created new squadrons formed of Czechoslovak pilots. The first fighter unit was No. 310 Squadron RAF (
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Many of the Czechoslovak pilots died during WWII. Their memorials are located in many places in Western Europe, but also in Czech Republic. The monuments have different shapes and sizes. One of the typical forms is the memorial plaque located on the houses where the pilot was born or where they lived for some time.
Plaque Inscription:
V TOMTO DOME SE NARODIL
23.3.1913
KAREL ALEXANDER POSPÍCHAL, genmjr.v.v.
ÚCASTNÍK CS. ZAHRANICNÍHO ODBOJE
PILOT 311. BOMBARDOVACÍ PERUTE RAF
ZEMREL 7.7.2006 V LONDÝNE
CEST JEHO PAMÁTCE
Karel Alexander Pospíchal (* 23/03/13, Dacice - 7/7/2006, London), was a Czech pilot, a member of No. 311 Squadron RAF.
The memorial plaque is located on the wall of childhood home of Karel Alexander Pospíchal.
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Karel Alexander Pospíchal (narozený roky 1913) byl generálmajorem a pilotem bombardovací perute RAF. Ve druhé svetové válce nasadil svuj život proti nemeckým okupantum.
Karel Alexander Pospíchal bojoval až do ríjna 1944, kdy byl težce ranen pri havárii letadla. Po ukoncení války se stále ješte lécil, návrat do vlasti se oddaloval. O neco pozdeji ani politické klima nebylo príznivé k ceste zpet a tak zustal v Anglii, kde získal obcanství. 7. 7. 2006 umírá.