F/Lt Rudolf Procházka - Brno, Czech Republic - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

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. But many Czechoslovak airmen got themselves smuggled into Poland. Of these a few joined the Polish Air Force but most continued to France. (visit link)

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 (visit link) and immediately joined in the Battle of Britain (visit link) . A bomber unit, No. 311 Squadron RAF (visit link) a further Czechoslovak fighter units No. 312 Squadron (visit link) and No. 313 Squadron (visit link) soon followed.

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
žil v letech 1955-1989
Rudolf Procházka
major cs. letectva in memoriam
*1. 9. 1918 v Píseku
†27. 3. 1989 v Brne
úcastník boju u Tobruku
palubní strelec
311. cc. bombardovací perute
RAF


F/Lt Rudolf Procházka, (*1. 9. 1918, Písek - †27. 3. 1989, Brno),
was before becoming a member of the 311th Czechoslovak Bomber Squadron, a soldier of the Czechoslovak East Infantry Battalion. Prior to that, he was a prisoner, or interned, in the USSR. In the Middle East he served as driver of an armored vehicle. He also participated in the defense of the besieged Tobruk. After becoming a member of the RAF, he train shooters and radiotelegraphists, but also basic pilot training. Rudolf Procházka was lucky and survived the Second World War. In 1947 he returned to the Czech Air Force in Brno. He was released in 1948.

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Rudolf Procházka byl pred tím, než se stal príslušníkem 311. ceskoslovenské bombardovací perute, vojákem Ceskoslovenského pešího praporu 11 – Východního. Ješte pred tím byl veznem, respektive internovaným, v SSSR. Na Stredním východe sloužil jako ridic obrneného pásového vozidla. I on se podílel na obrane obleženého Tobruku. Poté, co se stal príslušníkem RAF absolvoval nejen výcvik strelcu a radiotelegrafistu, ale i základní pilotní výcvik. Rudolf Procházka mel to štestí a druhou svetovou válku prežil. V roce 1947 se vrátil k letectvu, a to do Brna. V roce 1948 byl propušten. Následne pracoval i jako traktorista a posléze se stal lesníkem.

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