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Plaque to Otakar Korec

The more detailed image of the text engraved on the plaque, No 16 MoD´s Decree from the date of Oct 10, 1940 awarding Lieutenant Otakar Korec the 1939 Cz Military Cross as well as more details of the remembrance ceremony are HERE. A huge stone, on which a plaque fastened was, had been found in a river nearby.

An article written a by a person related to the pilot who lost his life on June 5, 1940 during the Frech 1940 Campaign  was posted on the occasion of his 105 - on Nov 26, 2013.

NOTE - The text on the plaque in English - No 110 house used to be on this spot. On Nov 26, 1908 Staff Cpt Otakar Korec, a hero of WWII, had been born in. He was shot down in a fight against the fasist enemy on June 5, 1940 nr the town of Amiens, France.