Nejvýznamnější funkce: (maximálně tři) Most Important Appointments: (up to three)
- stíhací pilot
- fighter pilot
Jiné významné skutečnosti: (maximálně tři) Other Notable Facts: (up to three)
- zajat poté, co byl jeho letoun Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VB (BL340 DU-X) sestřelen stíhačem nad Francií a zachránil se na padáku - účastník "Velkého útěku" ze zajateckého tábora Stallag Luft III v Saganu v roce 1944 - po komunistickém převratu v Československu (1948) perzekvován, po roce 1989 plně rehabilitován
- POW after his Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VB (BL340 DU-X) was shot down by a fighter over France and rescued by parachute - participant in the "Great Escape" from Stallag Luft III prison camp in Sagan in 1944 - persecuted after the communist coup in Czechoslovakia (1948), fully rehabilitated after 1989
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Příjmení: Surname:
Dvořák
Dvorak
Jméno: Given Name:
Bedřich
Bedrich
Jméno v originále: Original Name:
Bedřich Dvořák
Všeobecné vzdělání: General Education:
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR gymnázium, Vysoké Mýto / DD.MM.RRRR-22.06.1931 Státní vyšší průmyslová škola, Pardubice / - maturita
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR DD.MM.RRRR-22.06.1931
Vojenské vzdělání: Military Education:
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR škola pro důstojníky lehkého dělostřelectva v záloze, Košice / DD.MM.1934-01.08.1936 Vojenská akademie DD.MM.193R-DD.MM.193R pilotní a stíhací výcvik
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR DD.MM.1934-01.08.1936 Military Academy DD.MM.193R-DD.MM.193R pilot and fighter training
Důstojnické hodnosti: Officer Ranks:
01.08.1936 poručík 01.05.1940 nadporučík 28.10.1941 kapitán 07.03.1944 štábní kapitán 01.06.1945 major 01.06.1991 plukovník (in memoriam) 02.08.1940 pilot důstojník DD.MM.194R letecký důstojník DD.MM.194R poručík letky
01.08.1936 2nd Lieutenant 01.05.1940 1st Lieutenant 28.10.1941 Captain 07.03.1944 Staff Captain 01.06.1945 Major 01.06.1991 Colonel (in memoriam) 02.08.1940 Pilot Officer DD.MM.194R Flying Officer DD.MM.194R Flight Lieutenant
Průběh vojenské služby: Military Career:
01.08.193R-DD.MM.193R Letecký pluk 2 11.06.1939-31.07.1939 odchod do exilu (via Polsko do Francie) DD.09.1939-08.03.1940 vstup do francouzského letectva a výcvik 08.03.1940-19.06.1940 Stíhací skupina III/7 19.06.1940-DD.MM.1940 evakuace do Velké Británie 02.08.1940-05.09.1940 vstup do RAF a výcvik 05.09.1940-03.06.1942 312. peruť RAF 03.06.1942-16.04.1945 válečný zajatec 16.04.1945-29.06.1945 návrat do Velké Británie a rekonvalescence 29.06.1945-DD.MM.1945 312. peruť RAF DD.MM.1945-01.05.1948 služba v čs. armádě 01.05.1948-01.09.1948 dovolená s čekaným 01.09.1948-01.09.1948 propuštěn
01.08.193R-DD.MM.193R 2nd Air Regiment 11.06.1939-31.07.1939 exile (via Poland to France) DD.09.1939-08.03.1940 entry into the French Air Force and training 08.03.1940-19.06.1940 Fighter Wing III/7 19.06.1940-DD.MM.1940 evacuation to the UK 02.08.1940-05.09.1940 joining the RAF and training 05.09.1940-03.06.1942 No. 312 Squadron RAF 03.06.1942-DD.04.1945 Prisoner of War DD.04.1945-29.06.1945 return to the UK and convalescence 29.06.1945-DD.MM.1945 No. 312 Squadron RAF DD.MM.1945-01.05.1948 service in the Czechoslovak Army 01.05.1948-01.09.1948 Leave of absence with pay 01.09.1948-01.09.1948 Released
Vyznamenání: Awards:
Poznámka: Note:
osobní číslo: L-21 osobní číslo RAF: 82542
Prezentován 2.10.1939 v Paříži
jako poručík letectva z povolání.
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Colonel in memoriam Frederick Dvorak
* 18.02.1912 Chotěnov in Litomysl + 29.08.1973 Tucson
After graduating from vysokomýtského gymnasium and the Higher industrial school in Pardubice, he entered the czechoslovak army. In the years 1932 to 1934 he graduated from the School for officers of light artillery in Košice. In the years 1934 to 1936 he graduated from the military academy in Hranice, and at the same time the Military aviation school in Prostějov. After the elimination in the rank of lieutenant he was assigned to the 33. squadron 2. Aviation regiment "Dr. Edvard Beneš" in Olomouc. After the occupation, he left with his friends Korcem, Fajtlem, Fiala and Kimličkou to emigration to Poland and thence to France.
After fighter training in the Chartress was assigned to 5. Escadrille , the Groupe de Chasse III/7 armed fighter aircraft Morane-Saulnier MS.406C.1. In the battles with the Luftwaffe was 31. march 1940 injured. After the defeat of France is evacuated with other pilots across Africa, Gibraltar to Great Britain, where he entered the 312. čs.fighter squadron. Flew on machines of the type Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VB.
When air operation from 3. June 1942 was F/Lt Bedrich Dvorak shot down over the port of Cherbourg, which was the goal of the raid bombers of the type Boston Mk.III. He was captured and sent to a known pow camp Stalag Luft III from Saganu In Zhořelce. He participated in the great escape tunnel "Harry", whom escaped from the camp of the 75 allied officers. Most of them were gradually captured, among them Bedřich Dvořák, and subsequent there were 50 of them on the orders of Hitler were executed. Today on the site of the tragedy stands a museum and memorial.
After the catch was Bedřich Dvořák again imprisoned in a pow camp Colditz, but due to the rapid advance of u.s. troops was liberated and saved from execution.
After the end of the war he returned to Czechoslovakia and he held important functions in the newly built czechoslovak air force. The last time the function was commander of the air base 5 in Pardubice. After 1948, he was under the influence of the west demoted from major to private and discharged from the Czechoslovak army. From 1950 he held the position of buldozeristy. In 1961 he went on disability after two surgeries of the head. The consequences in 1973, died. He is buried in the family tomb in Mladočově in Litomysl.
Rehabilitation received until after the revolution 29. may 1991 and 1. June of the same year he was promoted to colonel in memoriam.
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Combat action of March 31, 1940
On this day, the French fighter aircraft suffered one of the heaviest defeats, a total of fifteen machines of the type Morane-Saulnier 406 from GC III/7 from Vitry-le-Francois to free prosecution. Immediately after takeoff, several pilots had problems with oxygen masks.
The pilots had a fateful moment when the group commander descended to a height of 2000 meters to repair his mask. Unfortunately, the whole group followed him, losing altitude and being good targets for enemy aircraft. Almost immediately after the group's descent, twenty-two enemies appeared Messerschmitts Bf 109E from II./JG 53 "Pik As".
In the ensuing battle, seven French fighters were shot down or severely damaged, one pilot was killed and four were wounded. Adj R. Chaveta was the first to be hit, his machine crashed in flames after the attack at Grostenquin, the pilot died. Another shot down was Sous Lt. Y. Rupied, who managed to jump out of a burning plane. He ended up with burns at Grostenquin. Sgt. M. L'Hopital-Navarra also chose to parachute from a burning plane. He landed near the city Morhange. Another French pliot, Sous Lt.M.Renaud, collected a hit to the left hand and managed to land in the field with a damaged machine. Sgt. Chef R. Morlot also managed an emergency landing, his plane was hit by twenty-two rounds of machine guns and four cannon rounds. The pilot escaped unharmed.
As I mentioned, two Czechs, Sgt. Bedřich Dvořák and Sgt. J. Bodina also fought in this battle. Dvořák's machine was hit by an incredible thirty-five hits from a machine gun and three from a cannon, however, despite his left hand injury, he managed to land at Vitry-le Francois. Pilot Sgt. Bodina was hit, but managed to land without injury. After this event, Bedřich Dvořák was taken to the hospital and subsequently received, as the second Czech pilot, a medal Croix de Guerre, award for his courage in the fight against a larger enemy.
Source: Sweet France in the Sky, Rajlich Jiří, 2003, Our Army, ISBN 80-206-0665-3
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A book about Bedřich Dvořák was published in 2005:
Czechoslovak Airman Colonel in memoriam Bedřich Dvořák (1912-1973) author - Oldřich Pakosta 1st edition - Litomyšl State Regional Archive in Zámrsk - State District Archive of Svitavy with its seat in Litomyšl Year of issue 2005 Number of pages 111 Paperback, 21 cm ISBN 80-239-6354-6
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