One Pilots War - The Battle of Britain and Beyond

Emil Fechtner Czech Sqdn. He was posted to Duxford to form the Czech Sqdn. July 12 th Crashed in accident Aug 1 st and on 15 th landed after a collision at Upwood. On Aug 26 th he shot down a and on 31 st a Do. On Sept 3 rd he shot down a and the on 18 th a Do Information on Jewish background from web site math. Later, flying from Northolt he shot down an Me, shared in another, then shot down an He and then shared a Do 17 and then shot down another On August 18 th he was hit in his Hurricane P but managed to land safely [14].

On September 6 th he shot down another but was himself shot down , baling out with an injury. His plane crashed at Brownings Farm, Chiddingstone Causeway. He saw his mother for the last time his father was away and as the Squadron later flew out, they did a roll over the Goodman home and then were away. In February he shot down a CR42 in the Western Desert, and a at Tobruk, but he was shot down but crash landed behind the British lines. He then shared an Hs , destroyed a Ju 87 and shared another, all over Tobruk. In April he took leave in Haifa, Israel, with his two sisters, but on June 14 th he was shot down and killed by flak over Gazala.

He is buried in Knightsbridge cemetery, Acroma, Libya, grave Air Gunner with Squadron, later Flt. He served on air operations throughout the Battle of Britain and then in on special operations over Germany, severely damaging a He died in Vilem Goth Czech and Sqdns. He is buried at Sittingbourne and Milton Cemetery, Kent. Information on Jewish background from same web site as Fechtner above. Later from Croydon he damaged a Do 17 but was himself wounded later on July 22 nd. He joined the AAF in and was called up at outbreak of war.

Retired from the RAF in , he died in No Jewish Chaplain card seems to have been written for him. Sadly, he failed to return from a Channel sortie in his Spitfire L after a surprise attack on his airfield , on Aug. He had been shot down by an ME off Folkestone at He was 24 years old.

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He is remembered at Runnymede, Panel He was awarded the DFC on 9. He was awarded a Bar to his DFC on 5.

Battle of Britain

He retired from the RAF in and died in But on Aug 25 th his Blenheim was shot down near Wainfleet and the crew were all killed. He was the son of Alfred and Olive Jacobson.

Observer, with Squadron. He was killed in action on June 15 th with Squadron, aged 25 years, son of Joseph and Mai, husband of Helen Margaret. Pilot Oldrich Kestler Czech Sqdn. Jewish background information from same web site as Fechtner above. Pilot with Polish and Squadrons [24]. He was born on He also joined the RAF in Feb.

He shot down one and shared a and damaged another He crash landed in Spitfire P out of fuel near Torquay on Nov. He named Klein as one of the bravest and described how on one very foggy day they were all ordered to be grounded.

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But Klein heard a German aircraft patrolling over the aerodrome and against orders took off and brought it down in very dangerous flying conditions. He was declared Missing on Nov. His name is inscribed on the Polish Air Force memorial at Northolt. Cosby he shot down a Ju88 south of the Isle of Wight on Aug. Flying throughout the Battle, he was commissioned in March He was killed on Sept. His name is on the Runnymede memorial Panel He was later posted to North Africa in support of 1 st Army. In he fought in many air battles in Europe, being wounded in April He was awarded the DFC on 8.

On a flight to a posting to Northen Ireland on 8. After other operations he also took part in raids on Sylt and over Dunkirk during the evacuation. Volunteering for Fighter Command and returning before his leave expired, he flew Spitfires from Hornchurch , shooting down a , and damaging another on Aug.

He was killed on 1. He was listed as missing on the 52 nd RAF casualty list on Nov 14 th but officially presumed killed on May 26 th He was 23 years old, left a wife Marjorie Isobel and young son and his name is inscribed on the Runnymede memorial, panel 4.

The Battle of Britain, as it happened on September 15, 1940

He was shot down, aged 23 years, in his Spitfire K at hrs. This then would be the first all-air battle in history. Britain possessed an effective air defense system, first-rate fighter pilots, and a great military leader in Air Marshal Hugh Dowding. On the other hand, the Germans had major problems: Even more serious, the Germans had poor intelligence and little idea of British vulnerabilities.

They wasted most of July in waiting for a British surrender and attacked only in August. Although air strikes did substantial damage to radar sites, on August 13—15 the Luftwaffe soon abandoned that avenue and turned to attacks on RAF air bases.

Anthony Eden on the Battle of Britain

For a time the advantage seemed to swing slightly in favor of the Germans, but a combination of bad intelligence and British attacks on Berlin led the Luftwaffe to change its operational approach to massive attacks on London. The first attack on London on September 7 was quite successful; the second, on September 15, failed not only with heavy losses, but also with a collapse of morale among German bomber crews when British fighters appeared in large numbers and shot down many of the Germans.

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