Freedom Fighters Memorial - Kohoutov, Czech Republic
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N 49° 42.172 E 015° 49.630
33U E 559645 N 5505923
This memorial is dedicated to a freedom fighters of former Czechoslovakia - a natives of Kohoutov village
Waymark Code: WM10480
Location: Kraj Vysočina, Czechia
Date Posted: 02/23/2019
Views: 15
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.
Plaque Inscription:
POLOŽILI ŽIVOTY ZA VLAST
JOSEF KUBÁT
*11.3.1923 KOHOUTOV
+29.6.1944 PREDANNACK. ANGLIE
PRÍSLUŠNÍK 311. CS. BOMBARDOVACÍ PERUTE RAF.
ZAHYNUL PRI BOJOVÉM LETU
MIROSLAV MAREK
*3.8.1927 KOHOUTOV
+5.5.1945 CHOTEBOR
POPRAVEN
CEST JEJICH PAMÁTCE!
Josef Kubát (* 03/11/1923, Kohoutov - † 29/06/1944, Predannack) was a Czech Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, the member of No. 311 Squadron RAF.
Josef Kubát was the son of Otto and Anna Kubat of Margo, Saskatchewan. The family came to Saskatchewan from their homeland of Czechoslovakia in 1937. In 1941, Josef enlisted in the Czech Air Force and Royal Air Force at 18 years of age. He trained also in England and the Bahamas as a co-pilot.
Type of Memorial: Non-Specific Memorial
In Honor Of: a natives of Kohoutov village
Marker Text:
POLOŽILI ŽIVOTY ZA VLAST
JOSEF KUBÁT
*11.3.1923 KOHOUTOV
+29.6.1944 PREDANNACK. ANGLIE
PŘÍSLUŠNÍK 311. ČS. BOMBARDOVACÍ PERUTĚ RAF.
ZAHYNUL PŘI BOJOVÉM LETU
MIROSLAV MAREK
*3.8.1927 KOHOUTOV
+5.5.1945 CHOTĚBOŘ
POPRAVEN
ČEST JEJICH PAMÁTCE!
Who Put it Here?: local administration
Description of Memorial:
the plaque is located on the wall of firehouse
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Not listed
Date of dedication: Not listed
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