Patriot aged sixteen
Eager to join the Czechoslovak Foreign Army in France he made himself one year older in 1940.
A pilot of the Czechoslovak Fighter Sqn Col Emil Bocek took part in an event at the village of Chrlice on Mar 15, 2008. A biography of a local Col Leopold Srom [Shrom] was launched there. He was asked to check the data of his own in a ´Members of the Cz Air Force in the RAF´ Book. Col Bocek corrected his year of birth of 1922 written there for a correct one of 1923.
Heading for France Emil left his home aged sixteen late Dec 1939. For the first time he pretended to be over eighteen in Budapest Tolonczhaz prison in January 1940. At first he had been incarcerated together with not adult inmates. He wanted to join the grown ups. More in the ´Letci z Holasek a Turan´ ie´ the Airmen from Holasky and Turany´ Book by Miroslav Kopecky, Tom Jambor and Vaclav Kolesa. Published by the last of them in 2006. After death of Gen. Miroslav Liskutin DFC AFC in England on Feb 19, 2008 is General Emil Bocek the last Czechoslovak RAF Fighter pilot.
An information about the latest biography of his own can be seen on the : www.fcafa.wordpress.com website