P/O Václav Pešicka - Host, Czech Republic - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

In the confusion following the German invasion of Poland, on 1 September 1939, a tragic mistake was made. On 8 September, some Czechoslovak airmen, flying in the Polish Air Force, were based at Góra Pulawska, a satellite airfield for Deblin.

Their RWD-8 aircraft were short on fuel, so they flew to the nearby village of Zagórz, near Belzyce, about 26km SW of Lublin, where there was a small airstrip where some Potez XXV where hidden and camouflaged in a nearby forest. F/Lt Václav Pešicka was one of these pilots. As they were in the forest, taking fuel from these aircraft, they were taken by surprise by some Polish security personnel who were searching for the aircrew of a shot down German bomber. The security men were nervous, and without challenging the identity of the Czechoslovak airmen, hastily shot first. cet. Václav Pešicka was killed in the gunfire and was buried at the Opony Cmentarz, the Municipal Roman Catholic cemetery in Belzyce.


Memorial Inscription:
DOKUD SYNOVÉ DOVEDOU PRO NÁROD UMÍRAT,
DOTUD BUDE ŽÍT …
VÁCLAV PEŠICKA
CETAR ASPIRANT LETEC
PADL 8. ZÁRÍ 1939 VE STÁRÍ 24 ROKU
NA LETIŠTI KSIERSZ U BELSYEZE LUBLIN
VZPOMÍNKY V MODLITBÁCH SE NESOU K VŠEMOHOUCÍMU


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