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Ocelka, Josef

    Date of birth:
    March 12th, 1909 (Lipník nad Beèvou)
    Date of death:
    July 21st, 1942 (Brize Norton)
    Buried on:
    Brookwood Military Cemetery
    Plot: 24. Row: B. Grave: 8.
    Nationality:
    Czechoslovakian

    Biography

    Wing Commander (posthumously: Major General)

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    October 28th, 1940
    Ceskoslovenská medaile
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    March 6th, 1941
    Ceskoslovenský válecný kríž 1939
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    June 21st, 1941
    Ceskoslovenský válecný kríž 1939
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    July 3rd, 1941
    Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    July 25th, 1941
    Ceskoslovenský válecný kríž 1939
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    January 20th, 1942
    Ceskoslovenský válecný kríž 1939
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)

    "France and Great Brittain"
    Ceskoslovenská vojenská pametni medaile 1939-1945

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