311 SQ Wellington KX-F (R1371) Pic??
 

Hallo, I looking for some pictures of the Wellington R1371 KX-F of 311 Czech squadron. Also I looking for pic. of the crew how crashed with this plain on the 20st of July 1941 into the Waddenzee when it was hit by a German nightfighter. The crew:

Sgt V.Netik KIA
Sgt M.Jindra KIA
P/O J.Partyk KIA
Sgt J.Ctvrtlik KIA
Sgt V.Vales KIA
Sgt P.Babacek KIA

Thanks en Regards, René

Re: 311 SQ Wellington KX-F (R1371) Pic??
 

Hello René,

Did you check 'The Sky is our Ocean' by Bart Rijnhout? There's a picture of the wreckage and Sgt Jindra in it.

Apart from that there is a Czech publication with pictures and short biographies of Czech airmen in RAF service. This might contain pictures of the rest of the crew.

Regards,
Hans

Re: 311 SQ Wellington KX-F (R1371) Pic??
 

Hello René,

Did you check 'The Sky is our Ocean' by Bart Rijnhout? There's a picture of the wreckage and Sgt Jindra in it.

Apart from that there is a Czech publication with pictures and short biographies of Czech airmen in RAF service. This might contain pictures of the rest of the crew.

Regards,
Hans

Re: 311 SQ Wellington KX-F (R1371) Pic??
 

Hans, Thanks a lot. I have purchased the book on marktplaats. I don't know, but maybe there is a association in Czech that do some research....maybe someone knows??

Re: 311 SQ Wellington KX-F (R1371) Pic??
 

Hi Rene,

I would like to point out that 'The Sky is our Ocean' is a great book but with some mistakes...
The pictures of wreckage is correct but the man on the lift is not Sgt Jindra as it is officer observer...
There are few photos - including the same alread mentioned - in "Na nebi hrdeho Albionu" by J. Rajlich and "Kridla miri nad Nemecko" by M. Pajer - icluding the portraits of the whole crew. But as I have no copyright for re-publishing them I am not able to provide them.

Pavel

Re: 311 SQ Wellington KX-F (R1371) Pic??
 

Pavel...Thanks for the information about the pic. of Jindra. Is it maybe possible to make some scans of the pictures. It's only for my one archive. I would appreciate that.

René