Koukal, Josef
- Date of birth:
- May 6th, 1912 (Jenisovice, Austro-Hungaria)
- Date of death:
- February 23rd, 1980 (Luze, Czechoslovakia)
- Service number:
- 787979
- Nationality:
- Czechoslovakian (1918 - 1948, Republic)
Biography
Air victories: 2 (2x Me 110). On 7th September his Hurricane was severely hit by a Me109. Subsequently his plane caught fire and he barely managed to bale out, his body being burnt for 70%. Although plastic surgery was experimental in those days he was operated 22 times by Dr McIndoe.
Promotions:
1940: Sergeant
194?: Pilot Officer
194?: Flying Officer
31 August 1945: Flight Lieutenant
?: Major
?: Colonel (posthumously)
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Ceskoslovenský válecný krí 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Krzyz Walecznych
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Pilote
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Sergent (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- l'Armee de l'Air
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
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