G/Capt Alois Kubita - Bobrová, Czech Republic
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G/Capt Alois Kubita was the Czechoslovak Brigadier General of the Czechoslovak Air Force and Liason Officer, a native of Bobrová village
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Location: Kraj Vysočina, Czechia
Date Posted: 08/02/2018
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Alois Kubita (CBE) 1892 - 1954. Kubita fought in the First World War, being wounded three times. In February 1918 he completed the Air Observers course only to be shot down later the same month, falling into Italian captivity until the end of the war. He graduated as a pilot in the early 1920s and in 1927 became military and air attaché in Great Britain. In February 1932 he returned to combat units, where he commanded several squadrons.
In 1940 he escaped through France to Britain and joined the RAF where he controlled the Czech Air Force Transport Pool and worked mainly as a liaison officer at the headquarters of the RAF Transport Command. In 1945 he returned to Czechoslovakia was promoted to brigadier general and in 1949 to divisional general. Kubita retired in 1950 & died in 1954. He was one of the few "Western pilots" to avoid communist persecution.
The plaque is located on the wall of municipality office.
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Alois Kubita (
visit link) (25. ledna 1892 Bobrová - 6. cervence 1954 Praha) byl ceskoslovenský brigádní generál letectva a pilot. Pusobil v RAF jako zástupce divizního generála Karla Janouška, KCB a stycný dustojník ceskoslovenské zahranicní armády v RAF. Stál u zformování ceskoslovenských perutí a u ceskoslovensko-britské vojenské dohody z 25. ríjna 1940.