1949
Search results
Karel Pavlík (19 October 1900 in Hradové Střímelice – 26 January in 1943 Mauthausen) was a Czechoslovak Army captain (posthumously promoted to colonel) and decorated hero of Czechoslovakia. Captain Pavlík was a commander of a company that resisted the German occupation .
Karel Pavlík (19. října 1900 Hradové Střimelice – 26. ledna 1943 Mauthausen) byl československý voják a odbojář, kapitán Československé armády in memoriam povýšený na plukovníka.
On May 5, 1942, as a pilot of the 313th Czechoslovak fighter squadron, he was shot down in a battle over Belgium. In 1946, he was promoted to the rank of captain in memoriam, in 1991 to colonel. A monument to Karel Pavlík was erected in Belgium.
Jul 10, 2016 · One of the four who was killed was Sgt Karel Pavlík, a 23 year old Czechoslovak pilot from Plzeň who flew with 313 Sqn. His Spitfire Mk VB, BM261, being shot down at 15:45 Kemmel hill, near Dranouter, Belgium, having become the 70th ‘kill’ of Hauptmann Josef “Pips” Priller.
Sep 4, 2015 · One of these being the Belgian Spitfire pilot F/Lt Bauduin de Hemptinne and the other, Czechoslovak Spitfire pilot Sgt Karel Pavlík. Both have crash site memorials in or on the outskirts of the village today.
Oct 25, 2013 · Sgt Karel Pavlík of 313 (Czechoslovak) Sqn was killed on 5 May 1942, during RAF Operation Circus 157, when his Spitfire was shot down by a FW190 flown by Hauptman Josef ‘Pips’ Priller, Commanding Officer of JG/26 based at Wareghem, north east of Lille.
The highest-ranking officer at the barracks was captain Karel Pavlík, commander of the 12th machine gun company. His second-in-command was lieutenant Karel Martínek. Pavlík and some 30 other seasoned officers came to the barracks only earlier that day to attend a Polish language course.
