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VACLAV ZDIMAL

SERVICE NO. 138876

Royal Air Force: Flying Officer

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

311 (Czech) Squadron, Royal Air Force

DIED: 29 June 1944

AGE: 29

NATIONALITY: Czechoslovakian

STORY

The story is shared by the Trust with kind permission from Jan Břečka, Head of the Historical Department of the Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic using information from Jiří Rajlich's 2003 book, "In the Sky of Proud Albion, Part 5 – 1944" and  his 2004 book, "In the Sky of Proud Albion, Part 7 – The Black Chronicle of the Czechoslovak Air Force RAF". The photos are courtesy of the Jaroslav Popelka collection. 

On June 29, 1944, six Liberator aircraft from 311 (Czech) Squadron took off from RAF Predannack, Cornwall for an anti-submarine patrol over the English Channel as part of Operation Cork.

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MEMORIAL LOCATION: Column 117

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