Josef Mohr - Velké Hamry, Czech Republic
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Flying Officer Josef Mohr was a native of the Velké Hamry town. He was a member of No. 311 Squadron RAF during WWII.
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Location: Liberecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/30/2015
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No 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF (
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Josef Mohr was born on the 5th October 1912 in Velké Hamry. He could not come to terms with the forceful occupation of Czechoslovakia by Germany. He illicitly left for Poland. In July 1939, he departed by transport to join the French Foreign Legion. The French retraining programme was rather disorganised and very lax. Josef didn’t get the chance to take part in combat in France.
When France capitulated, he entered the RAF with the rank of P/O, and from 16th August to 6th September, was posted to RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, for Navigator training. He successfully completed his Navigator training and was posted to 311 Sqn.
He participated in a incredible 35 combat missions totalling almost 200 operational hours. He died from exhaustion in a lifeboat after an emergency landing in the sea, 29th December 1941.
Josef Mohr is buried in the Bergen General Cemetery, at Bergen, Holland.
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