F/Lt BERNARD Frantisek

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Official No.: 787 543 (120 209) Date and place of birth: 23rd July 1914, Stary Ehrenberk Date and place of death: 17th June 1980, New Zealand

War Service

Unit	Since	To	Rank
601	10.09.1940	08.10.1940	Sgt
238	08.10.1940	28.04.1941	Sgt
32	28.04.1941	13.12.1941	Sgt
No. 56 O.T.U.	13.12.1941	06.08.1942	P/O
313	06.08.1942	22.06.1943	P/O, F/O
CIG	22.06.1943	01.05.1944	F/O
313	01.05.1944	22.05.1944	F/Lt
310	22.05.1944	08.05.1945	F/Lt

After retraining at No. 6 O.T.U. at Sutton Bridge he came on 10th September 1940 to No. 601 Squadron. After month he was transfered to No. 238 Squadron and on 28th April 1941 he moved to No. 32 Squadron. After that operational service he became instructor and from 13th September 1941 he served at No. 56 O.T.U. On 6th August 1942 he returned to operational duty and he came to No. 313 Czechoslovak Fighter Squadron . There he stayed till 22nd June 1943, when he went for a rest and then he served as officer at Czechoslovak Inspectorate General (CIG) in London. On 1st May 1944 he returned back to No. 313 Squadron in the rank of F/Lt but he was there only for twenty days because on 22nd May 1944 he became the leader of flight "B" of No. 310 Czechoslovak Fighter Squadron. In this function he stayed till the end of war. In 1948 when the Communist took over in CSR he emigrated to England and he entered the RAF again. In 1964 he left the RAF in the rank of F/Lt and later he moved to New Zealand when he died on 17th June 1980.