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Valenta, Ernost

Date of birth:
October 25th, 1912 (Svébohov, Austro-Hungary)
Date of death:
March 31st, 1944 (Halbau, Germany)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Cemetery Poznan
Grave: 9A.
Nationality:
Czechoslovakian (1918 - 1948, Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Unit:
No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
June 8th, 1944
Awarded for:
Operation Escape 200

Posthumously awarded
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
štábního kapitána (Staff Captain)
Unit:
No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
November 11th, 1949

Posthumously awarded
Ceskoslovenský vojenský rád
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
štábního kapitána (Staff Captain)
Unit:
No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force

Posthumously awarded
Ceskoslovenský válecný kríž 1939
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
štábního kapitána (Staff Captain)
Unit:
No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force

Posthumously awarded
Ceskoslovenská vojenská medaile
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
štábního kapitána (Staff Captain)
Unit:
No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force

Posthumously awarded
Ceskoslovenská medaile
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
štábního kapitána (Staff Captain)
Unit:
No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force

Posthumously awarded
Ceskoslovenská vojenská pametni medaile 1939-1945

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