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Havlik, Oldrich

Date of birth:
October 25th, 1916 (Petrvald, Austro-Hungary)
Date of death:
April 14th, 1942 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Cemetery Eindhoven-Woensel
Plot: JJ. Grave: 48.
Service number:
787521
Nationality:
Czechoslovakian (1918 - 1948, Republic)

Biography

Posthumously promoted to colonel.

On 14 April 1942 at 22:25 departed from RAF East Wretham a Wellington bomber with on board a six-man crew of Czechoslovakia. The aircraft was hit by the German night-fighter Uffz.Schienbein 2./NJG1 and crashed into Boshoven (Limburg). Half of the crew consisting of Sgt O.Havlik, Sgt J.Talab and Sgt P.Varjan died in the crash, they are buried in Eindhoven.
The survivors; F/O M.F.J.Zapletal, Sgt J.Klvana en Sgt V.Para were captured by the Germans.

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