Josef Šnajdr (22 January 1909, Luhačovice – 14 September 1992, Brookwood, Surrey) was a Czechoslovak Major General, pilot and later commander of the 311th Czechoslovak Bomber Squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War II, recipient of multiple military decorations.
On 17 January 1942, he was part of the crew on during a raid on Bremen. Their Vickers Wellington was shot down and crashed in the Netherlands. Jindřich Svoboda, J. Brož and R. Mašek died while K. Batelka, Z. Sichrovský and Šnajdr survived.
Decorations
Some of them are:
- 3x Czechoslovak War Cross 1939–1945
- 2x Czechoslovakia Medal For Valor [cs]
- Czechoslovakia Medal of Merit [cs] 1.st.
- Commemorative Medal of the Czechoslovak Foreign Army [cs] with Plate F and VB
References
- Josef Snajdr – Memorial Plaque
- LÁNÍK, Jaroslav, Vojenské osobnosti československého odboje 1939-1945. Praha: Ministerstvo obrany České republiky - AVIS, 1999. ISBN 80-7278-233-9
- ^ Josef ŠNAJDR - bombardovací pilot - RAF No.: 82 575
- VÁŇA, Josef, Příslušníci československého letectva v RAF, AVIS, 1999
- Joura, Jiří (2006). Procházky starou Třebíčí ... podruhé. Třebíč: Amaprint Kerndl. p. 178. ISBN 80-239-7412-2.
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