The best Czechoslovak fighter pilots in the RAF

The most successful Czechoslovak
fighters in the
Royal Air Force

Total victories of Czechoslovak fighters

Day fighter pilots by number of victories

Day fighter pilots by number of sweeps

Night fighter pilots by number of victories

Radar operators of night fighter pilots by number of victories

Total victories of Czechoslovak fighters

Unit Certainly Probably Damaged

No. 310 Czechoslovak Squadron 56 + 4 FB 20 32

No. 312 Czechoslovak Squadron 14 9 16

No. 313 Czechoslovak Squadron 12 8 16

Czechoslovak Flight of No. 68 Squadron 18 1/2 + 3 FB 5 7

Total Czechoslovak Units 100 1/2 + 7 FB 42 71

Unit Certainly Probably Damaged

Czechoslovak pilots at Polish Units 17 1 0

Czechoslovak pilots at British Units 68 14 1/3 45 2/3

Total at other Units 85 15 1/3 45 2/3

Total victories claimed by Czechoslovak pilots and Czechoslovak Fighter Units

Certainly Probably Damaged

185 + 7 FB 57 1/3 116 2/3

Note: FB means Flying Bomb V-1

The most successful Czechoslovak
day fighter pilots by number of victories

Name Certainly Probably Damaged

2. Sgt Josef Frantisek, DFM & bar 17 1 0

3. S/Ldr Otto Smik, DFC 9 + 3 FB 2 3

5. F/Lt Otmar Kucera, DFC 4 5/6 1 1

7. F/O Josef Prihoda, DFC 4 1/4 2 3

8. P/O Emil Fechtner, DFC 4 1 1

9. F/Lt Stanislav Fejfar 3 1/2 1 1

10. F/Lt Bohumil Furst 3 1 0

Note: FB means Flying Bomb V-1

The most successful Czechoslovak
day fighter pilots by number of sweeps

Name Number of
sweeps

1. W/Cdr Jaroslav Hlado, OBE, DSO, DFC 281

2. S/Ldr Otto Smik, DFC 200

3. W/Cdr Tomas Vybiral, DSO, DFC 196

4. S/Ldr Vaclav Slouf, DFC 192

5. S/Ldr Jiri Hartman, DFC 168

The most successful Czechoslovak
night fighter pilots by number of victories

Name Certainly Probably Damaged

1. F/Lt Karel Kuttelwasher, DFC & bar 18 1 5

2. S/Ldr Miloslav Mansfeld, DSO, DFC 8 1/2 + 2 FB 0 1

3. F/O Ladislav Bobek, DFC 5 1 3

4. S/Ldr Josef Hanus, DFC 4 0 1

5. W/O Josef Dygryn, DFM 3 0 0

6. F/Lt Josef Adam 2 + 1 FB 1 0

7. S/Ld Vlastimil Vesely, DFC 1 1/2 0 2

8. F/Lt Josef Vopalecky 2 0 1

9. - 12. F/Lt Karel Seda 1 0 0

9. - 12. F/Lt Jan Serhant 1 0 0

9. - 12. F/O Bedrich Kratkoruky 1 0 0

9. - 12. P/O Frantisek Behal 1 0 0

Note: FB means Flying Bomb V-1

The most successful Czechoslovak
radar operators by number of victories

Name Certainly Probably Damaged

1. F/Lt Slavomil Janacek, DFC, DFM 8 1/2 + 2 FB 0 1

2. F/O Bohuslav Kovarik, DFM 5 1 3

3. W/O Fridolin Gemrod 2 + 1 FB 1 0

4. - 5. F/O Rudolf Husar 2 0 1

4. - 5. P/O Zbysek Necas 2 0 1

6. F/O Drahomir Hradsky 1 0 0

Note: FB means Flying Bomb V-1

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