Memorial of freedom fighters - Plzen, Czech Republic
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N 49° 43.864 E 013° 22.275
33U E 382624 N 5510002
This memorial is dedicated to a freedom fighters of former Czechoslovakia (Czech pilots, soldiers and civilians) - a natives of Plzen region
Waymark Code: WMZJ9Y
Location: Plzeňský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 11/18/2018
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Almost every village or town in the current Czech Republic (former Czechoslovakia) has a monument devoted to the victims of WWII. These monuments are dedicated to the memory of the soldiers who were born in these villages/town.
Among the victims of this war were also civilians who participated in home resistance against German occupiers or died in German concentration camps. The monuments also mention the names of soldiers of the former Czechoslovak army. These soldiers fled abroad from the occupied homeland and were involved in fighting in the east and west of Europe. They created a separate Czechoslovak unit that was part of the Red Army or Allied armies of the Great Britain and the United States. A special group of soldiers were made up of Czechoslovak airmen who joined the RAF. In the RAF, there were several squadrons consisting of Czech pilots only. This monument states the names a lot of them.
Plaque Inscription: ZA SVOBODU VLASTI PADLI VE SLUŽBÁCH ANGLICKÉHO LETECTVA
SGT.BAUMRUK BOHUMIL +15.1.41, F/SGT.NOSEK VILÉM + 11.6.41, P/O KAŠPAR ANTONÍN + 10.7.41, LAC. DRNEK MIROSLAV + 21.7.41, SGT.PLZÁK STANISLAV + 6.8.41, SGT.SOUKUP VILÉM + 15.9.41, SGT.SCHWARZ JIRÍ + 22.9.41, SGT.HURT KAREL + 25.10.41, SGT. KUCERA JAROSLAV + 19.12.41, SGT.FIŠERA JOSEF + 30.8.43, SGT.KOVÁR VÁCLAV + NEZV.42, SGT.POKORNÝ FRANTIŠEK + 10.4.42, W/O PETR MILOSLAV + 29.1.43, SGT-ŠINDELÁR VÁCLAV + 19.4.43, SGT.BLAHNA VÁCLAV + 29.8.43, W/O ŠKACH ANTONÍN + 3.9.44, P/O ZÁLESKÝ ALOIS + 9.2.45, SGT.PAVLÍK KAREL + 5.5.42
PRI VÝKONU SLUŽBY V CSR
BATA TOMÁŠ + 12.7.32, SVOB.MALÍK VÁCLAV + 20.6.32, CET.MAIER JAROSLAV + 14.7.32, CET.VÁNA NORBERT + 14.5.37, CET.KOMOROUS RUDOLF + 9.1.39, POR.STACH JOSEF + 14.12.45, KPT.BALÍK KAREL + 6.3.46, PPOR.ŠEDIVÝ KAREL + 2.10.46
POPRAVENI A UMUCENI
ING.PLACÁK JAN + 6.11.42, ŠKPT.CERNÝ VLADIMÍR + 8.4.43, FIALA ZDENEK + 23.2.44, ING.JINDRA EMILIAN + 8.4.44, POR.JURÁNEK JIRÍ + 28.1.44, KOVARÍK VÁCLAV + 25.10.44, KRATOCHVÍL VLADIMÍR + 25.10.44, LUKEŠ BOHUSLAV + 11.6.42, PSOHLAVEC ALOIS + 18.10.44, PAVLÍK JINDRICH + 25.10.44, PPLK.HAMŠÍK JOSEF + 8.4.43, ŽENÍŠEK FRANTIŠEK + 20.10.44
VE SLUŽBÁCH LETECKÉ MYŠLENKY A VÝCHOVY
KLÍBR JOSEF + 7.5.19, ŠTURM MAX + 15.8.29, TRNKA FRANTIŠEK + 9.9.29, CIHÁK JOSEF + 14.4.36, KUBÍK VILÉM + 14.4.36, KUTLOCH KAREL + 10.3.37
Type of Memorial: Non-Specific Memorial
In Honor Of: Czech pilots, soldiers and civilians
Marker Text: ZA SVOBODU VLASTI PADLI VE SLUŽBÁCH ANGLICKÉHO LETECTVA
SGT.BAUMRUK BOHUMIL +15.1.41, F/SGT.NOSEK VILÉM + 11.6.41, P/O KAŠPAR ANTONÍN + 10.7.41, LAC. DRNEK MIROSLAV + 21.7.41, SGT.PLZÁK STANISLAV + 6.8.41, SGT.SOUKUP VILÉM + 15.9.41, SGT.SCHWARZ JIŘÍ + 22.9.41, SGT.HURT KAREL + 25.10.41, SGT. KUČERA JAROSLAV + 19.12.41, SGT.FIŠERA JOSEF + 30.8.43, SGT.KOVÁŘ VÁCLAV + NEZV.42, SGT.POKORNÝ FRANTIŠEK + 10.4.42, W/O PETR MILOSLAV + 29.1.43, SGT-ŠINDELÁŘ VÁCLAV + 19.4.43, SGT.BLAHNA VÁCLAV + 29.8.43, W/O ŠKACH ANTONÍN + 3.9.44, P/O ZÁLESKÝ ALOIS + 9.2.45, SGT.PAVLÍK KAREL + 5.5.42
PŘI VÝKONU SLUŽBY V ČSR
BAŤA TOMÁŠ + 12.7.32, SVOB.MALÍK VÁCLAV + 20.6.32, ČET.MAIER JAROSLAV + 14.7.32, ČET.VÁŇA NORBERT + 14.5.37, ČET.KOMOROUS RUDOLF + 9.1.39, POR.STACH JOSEF + 14.12.45, KPT.BALÍK KAREL + 6.3.46, PPOR.ŠEDIVÝ KAREL + 2.10.46
POPRAVENI A UMUČENI
ING.PLACÁK JAN + 6.11.42, ŠKPT.ČERNÝ VLADIMÍR + 8.4.43, FIALA ZDENĚK + 23.2.44, ING.JINDRA EMILIAN + 8.4.44, POR.JURÁNEK JIŘÍ + 28.1.44, KOVAŘÍK VÁCLAV + 25.10.44, KRATOCHVÍL VLADIMÍR + 25.10.44, LUKEŠ BOHUSLAV + 11.6.42, PSOHLAVEC ALOIS + 18.10.44, PAVLÍK JINDŘICH + 25.10.44, PPLK.HAMŠÍK JOSEF + 8.4.43, ŽENÍŠEK FRANTIŠEK + 20.10.44
VE SLUŽBÁCH LETECKÉ MYŠLENKY A VÝCHOVY
KLÍBR JOSEF + 7.5.19, ŠTURM MAX + 15.8.29, TRNKA FRANTIŠEK + 9.9.29, ČIHÁK JOSEF + 14.4.36, KUBÍK VILÉM + 14.4.36, KUTLOCH KAREL + 10.3.37
Who Put it Here?: ZÁPADOČESKÝ AEROKLUB
Description of Memorial: the memorial is located in small urban park in centre of Plzen
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Not listed
Date of dedication: Not listed
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