Josef Stehlík
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Josef Stehlík was a Czech fighter ace. In World War II he served in the French Air Force and then the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. In 1944 he transferred to the Eastern Front, where he commanded
Memorial plaque to Josef Stehlík at Strážek in the Czech Republic
Stehlík shot down Junkers Ju 88 bombers both in Britain and on the Eastern Front
Czechoslovak Air Force
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The Czechoslovak Air Force or the Czechoslovak Army Air Force was the air force branch of the Czechoslovak Army formed in October 1918. The armed forces of Czechoslovakia ceased to exist on 31 Decembe
Josef Stehlík
…Volunteer Reserve. In 1944 he transferred to the Eastern Front, where he commanded the 1st Czechoslovak Independent Fighter Air Regiment. Stehlík was a Czechoslovak Air Force pilot in the 1930s, latterly as a flying instructor. When Germany occupied and partitioned Czechoslovakia in 1939 he escaped via Poland to France. When…
Avia B-534 fighter
Letov Š-328 biplane, a derivative of the Š-28
Tupolev SB medium bomber
Pilots of 310 Squadron at RAF Duxford in front of a Hawker Hurricane Mk I, September 1940