Hawkinge

Aerodrome Road

Pamětní deska Český čtyřlístek

Autor: Brigita Petrášová, 06.09.2022
Umístění: Hawkinge, Aerodrome Road, Kent Battle of Britain Museum
Nápis:
WILHELM KOSARZ
1908-1940

WILHELM KOSARZ *KARVINÁ +LONDON
DIED IN THE CLASH WITH THE BARREL BALOONS. SERVED IN
THE RANKS OF 302. POZNAŃ FIGHTER SQUADRON.

MATĚJ PAVLOVIČ
1915-1941

MATĚJ PAVLOVIČ *VLKONICE +LE TOUQUET
DIED IN BATTLE WITH SUPERIORITY IN 303. POLISH
SQUADRON OF TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO.

JOSEF BALEJKA
1917-2004

JOSEF BALEJKA *+ VALAŠSKÉ KLOBOUKY
SERVED IN 303. POLISH SQUADRON FROM 6Ú1941 AS AN
INSTRUCTOR OF THE CZECH RAF MEMBERS. FROM 3/1944
SERVED AS A PILOT OF THE 311. CZECH BOMBER SQUADRON.
HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO SURVIVED THE WAR.

JOSEF FRANTIŠEK
1914-1940

JOSEF FRANTIŠEK *OTASLAVICE +EWELL
DURING 27 DAYS HE SHOT DOWN 17 ENEMY AIR CRAFTS AND
BECAME THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FIGHTER PILOT IN THE BATTLE
OF BRITAIN. MEMBER OF 303. POLISH SQUADRON OF TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO.

THE CZECH FOUR-LEAF CLOVER
THE FOUR CZECHOSLOVAK PILOTS WHO FLEW WITH DISTINCTION WITH THE POLISH AIR FORCE IN THE POLISH CAMPAIGN
IN SEPTEMBER 1939 AND BECAME KNOWN AS THE 'ČESKÝ ČTYŘLÍSTEK'
AFTER THAT CAMPAIGN, THEY WERE WITH POLISH FORCES IN FRANCE AND THEN ENGLAND FOR THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
WHERE JOSEF FRANTISEK WAS TO BECOME THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ALLIED, NON-BRITISH, PILOT OF THAT BATTLE.
THIS MEMORIAL PLAQUE IS DONATED BY OTASLAVICE VILLAGE - THE BIRTHPLACE OF JOSEF FRANTIŠEK, JOINTLY WITH THE MILITARY
HISTORY CLUB OTASLAVICE
Poznámka:

Pamětní deska byla odhalena dne 6.9.2022.
Autorem je akad. sochař Miroslav Zvonek.


Souřadnice: N51°6'44.49'' E1°9'8.74''
Pomník přidal: Brigita Petrášová