Pipa, Josef
- Date of birth:
- October 13th, 1915 (Lukov)
- Date of death:
- January 2nd, 1977 (Swindon, United Kingdom)
- Service number:
- 787510 (RAF)
- Nationality:
- Czechoslovakian
Biography
Josef Pipa was an apprentice for the Bata Shoe Company until 1937 when he went to the Elementary Flying School at Oloumoc, and later transferred to the Fighter Pilot School in Prague in 1938. Pipa shared in the destruction of a number of Ju88 reconnaissance bombers as well as the destruction of a Do. 17 and the probable destruction os a Do. 215 bomber. On September 13th, Pipa was returning froma a mission saw a Mustang shot down into the sea. Pipa circled over the plane and threw out his dinghy to the downed pilot who succeeded in wrapping the dinghy around his tail. The pilot was found and rescued. On two other occasions Pipa threw out his dinghy to downed airman. On July 19th, 1944, he shot down a V1 rocket near Folkstone, Kent.
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Ceskoslovenská medaile "Za chrabrost pred nepritelem"
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- Groupe de Chasse 1/1, Armée de l'air
- Awarded on:
- October 7th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- Groupe de Chasse 1/1, Armée de l'air
- Awarded on:
- October 28th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- No. 43 (The Fighting Cocks) Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- 1942
Presented on 26 September 1942.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Pilot Officer
- Unit:
- No. 313 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- May 5th, 1943
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- Groupe de Chasse 1/1, Armée de l'air
- Awarded on:
- June 10th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Flying Officer
- Awarded on:
- August 7th, 1944
1939-1945 Star
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Flying Officer
- Awarded on:
- December 31st, 1944
With "BATTLE OF BRITAIN" clasp.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Flight Lieutenant
- Unit:
- No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- March 22nd, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Flight Lieutenant
- Unit:
- No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- April 9th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Flight Lieutenant
- Unit:
- No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- March 6th, 1946
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- Groupe de Chasse 1/1, Armée de l'air
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- Groupe de Chasse 1/1, Armée de l'air
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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