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Rechka, Josef

    Date of birth:
    September 12th, 1910 (Jesenice, Austro-Hungary)
    Date of death:
    January 15th, 1984
    Nationality:
    Czechoslovakian (1918 - 1948, Republic)

    Biography

    15 July 1940: Sergeant
    1 July 1941: Pilot Officer
    1942: Flying Officer
    ?: Flight Lieutenant

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Sergeant
    Unit:
    No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    December 14th, 1940

    Received on RAF Duxford.
    Ceskoslovenský válecný kríž 1939
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Flight Lieutenant
    Unit:
    No. 24 (Commonwealth) Squadron, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    March 31st, 1945
    Air Force Cross (AFC)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)

    "France" & Great-Brittain"
    Ceskoslovenská vojenská pametni medaile 1939-1945
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)

    "Battle of Brittain" clasp
    1939-1945 Star
    Pilot Badge

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