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Janousek, Karel
Janousek, Karel
Date of birth:
October 30th, 1893 (Prerov, Austro-Hungary)
Date of death:
October 27th, 1971 (Prague, Czechoslovakia)
Nationality:
Czechoslovakian (1918 - 1948, Republic)
Biography
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Cross of St. George IV class
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1917
Croix de Guerre (1914-1918)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1919
Insigne des Blessés Militaires
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1919
Ceskoslovenský válecný krí 1914-1918
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1920
Czechoslovak Victory Medal 1914-1920
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1920
Czechoslovak Revolutionary Medal
Awarded on:
1920
Croix du Combattant Volontaire 1914-1918
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1928
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski
Awarded on:
1934
Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB, military division)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Air Commodore
Awarded on:
December 24th, 1940
Ceskoslovenská vojenská pametni medaile 1939-1945
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Air Vice-Marshal
Unit:
Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
1944
Ceskoslovenská vojenská medaile "Za zásluhy" Silver Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Air Vice-Marshal
Unit:
Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
1944
Commandeur de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Air Chief Marshal
Unit:
Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
1945
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Air Chief Marshal
Unit:
Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
1945
Legion of Merit - Commander (LoM - C)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Air Chief Marshal
Unit:
Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
1945
Ceskoslovenský válecný krí 1939
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Air Chief Marshal
Unit:
Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
1945
1939-1945 Star
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Air Chief Marshal
Unit:
Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
1945
Rád Slovenského národního povstání 1st Class
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1946
Ceskoslovenská medaile "Za chrabrost pred nepritelem"
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1946
Battle of Zborov Medal
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1947
Řád bilého lva (1994)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 28th, 2016
1st class. Posthumously awarded
Sources
Photo:
Wikimedia Commons
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Janousek Karel
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Karel Janouek Ť ivot na Praze 14
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http://neviditelnypes.lidovky.cz/osobnost-daleko-od-slavy-0xm-/p_spolecnost.aspx?c=A131024_201036_p_spolecnost_wag
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Karel Janousek | Free Czechoslovak Air Force
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British awards to Czechoslovak RAF personnel | Free Czechoslovak Air Force
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