Plaque dedicated to three RAF members
Will be unveiled on Sat Apr 15 at 2 p.m. in the vicinity of the Fallen Heroes Memorial at the village of Slatinice nr Olomouc.
It is dedicated to F/Sgt Joseph Talab, P/O Bernard Misak and W/O Stanislav Havlicek.
A Z 1098 Wellington´s WOP of F/Sgt Joseph Talab met his death on Apr 15, 1942. Z 1098 was the last bomber belonging to the Czechoslovak No 311 Sqn lost under the Bomber Command. A picture of F/Sgt Joe Talab´s gravestone can be seen at : www.https://fcafa.com/2011/10/23/not-forgotten-holland/ attached to the 11 - Wonsel General Cemetery , Eindhoven, Nord Brabant Text.
Both caption and No 424 picture of a Fitter E serving with Cz No 312 Fighter Sqn Bernard Misak can be seen at : www.svazletcu.cz/cs/vystava-zamek-plumlov/expozice-vitezna-kridla-1937-1945-vk/panely-vk31-vk35-foto-403-467. He is inspecting the damage done to a Spitfire VB by Fockewulf 190´s cannon.
F/Sgt Stanislav Havlicek served with Nos 310 and 311 Sqns as a fitter and an armourer. He is mentioned in a booklet ´Frantisek Zivela - an Hurricanes´and Spitfires´ armourer with a sportsman´s heart´ by Jiri Mikulka, Vaclav Kolesa and Jaroslav Popelka.
Following the event the´Cz airmen serving with the RAF during WWII´Exhibitiontion will be launched on the Local Council´s premises.
NOTE : It can be seen on the : www.wingsinexile.co.uk website too. Both in English and Czech.
The information worth reading not only for History teachers.