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Kucera, Otmar

Date of birth:
July 13th, 1914 (Julianov, Austro-Hungary)
Date of death:
June 6th, 1995 (Brno, Czech Republic)
Service number:
787658 (RAF)
Nationality:
Czechoslovakian (1918 - 1948, Republic)

Biography

Promotions:
1940: Sergeant;
November 1941: Pilot Officer;
September 22nd, 1942: Flying Officer;
January 1st, 1943: Flight Lieutenant;
November 1944: Squadron Leader.

Career:
August 1st, 1935: Pozorovaci letka 8, Letecky pluk 2 (8th Reconnaissence Sqaudron, 2nd Air Regiment);
?: Czech Depot, Cosford;
September 21st, 1940: No. 6 Operational Training Unit, Sutton;
October 6th, 1940: No. 111 Squadron, Drem;
April 14th, 1942: No. 313 Squadron, Horchurch;
June 22nd, 1942: Czech Inspectorate, London;
January 1st, 1943: No. 313 Squadron, Churstanton.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Flying Officer
Unit:
No. 313 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
September 29th, 1942
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
Rank:
Cetar (Sergeant)
Unit:
Pozorovaci letka 8, Perut II/2, Letecky pluk 2, Zemske velitelstvi letectva Morava (8th Observation Squadron, Battalion II/2, 2nd Aviation Regiment, Army District of Moravia)
Pilot Badge
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded with clasp "BATTLE OF BRITAIN".
1939-1945 Star
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded with clasps for France and Great-Britain.
Ceskoslovenská vojenská pametni medaile 1939-1945

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