P/O Eduard Prchal - Dolní Brežany, 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 Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (visit link) . 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 se narodil
Eduard Maxmilián PRCHAL C de G
*1.1.1911 Dolní Brežany +4.12.1984 St.Helena California USA
Letec, stíhací a dopravní pilot GC 1/8, Ceskoslovenské 310. stíhací perute RAF, úcastník Battle of Britain,
255., 68., 24., a 511. perute RAF

The memorial plaque is located on the wall of childhood home of Eduard Prchal.

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Eduard Maxmilián Prchal (1. ledna 1911 Dolní Brežany – 12. prosince 1984, St. Helena, Kalifornie) byl ceskoslovenský pilot. Ve druhé svetové válce sloužil jako stíhac ve francouzském a britském letectvu. Pozdeji se stal pilotem vojenské dopravní letky pro prepravu významných osobností. Jako jediný prežil havárii jím pilotovaného letounu Liberator, pri které zahynul mimo jiné polský generál Wladyslaw Sikorski. V roce 1950 se mu spolu s osmi dalšími lidmi podarilo uletet dopravním letadlem CSA do Velké Británie. Roku 1952 emigroval do USA, kde prožil zbytek života.

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