Alois Vašátko DFC was a Czechoslovak artillery officer who became an air force pilot. In the Second World War he was a fighter ace, first in the French Air Force in the Battle of France and then in the Royal Air Force.
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Letov Š-328 aerial reconnaissance biplane
Armée de l'air Curtiss H-75 fighters flying in close formation in June 1940
Armourers of 312 Squadron prepare ammunition belts, with Vašátko's Hurricane Mk I fighter, DU-J, in the background
RAF Spitfire Mk VB fighter in flight
One of the 7./JG 2 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighters that intercepted Vašátko's Spitfire escorts on 23 June 1942
Vašátkova street in the Černý Most suburb of PragueAwards 5
Connected to Alois 6
Karel KlapalekAlso won Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945
Mikhail FomichyovAlso won Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945
Anna LetenskáAlso won Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945
Stěpan VajdaAlso won Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945
Karel VI of SchwarzenbergAlso won Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945
Bohumír LomskýAlso won Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945About this person
Country
FranceType
Other
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1942 · aged 33
Written about in
7 languages
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