Karel Janoušek, was a senior Czechoslovak Air Force officer. He began his career as a soldier, serving in the Austrian Imperial-Royal Landwehr (1915-16), Czechoslovak Legion (1916-20) and Czechoslovak Army (1920-24).
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Members of Janoušek's 7th Company in a trench at Zborov in July 1917
General Sergei Wojciechowski, commander of the Czechoslovak 1st Army
Alois Vicherek as a record-breaking pilot in 1928
Czechoslovak fighter pilots of No. 310 Squadron RAF in front of a Hawker Hurricane at RAF Duxford in September 1940
BBC broadcaster John Snagge, who interviewed Janoušek in 1941
Farewell parade of Czechoslovak squadrons at RAF Manston, Kent, on 3 August 1945. Air Marshal John Slessor, with walking stick, inspects some of the men. Air Marshal Janoušek can be seen behind him.
General František Moravec was among the senior military officers purged at the same time as JanoušekAwards 9
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Edvard BenešAlso won Zborov Commemorative Medal
Antonín ZápotockýAlso won Commemorative Decoration of the Second National Rising
Jiřina BohdalováAlso won Grand cross of the Order of the White Lion
Ján GolianAlso won Order of the Slovak National Uprising 1st Class
Augustín MalárAlso won Inter-Allied Victory Medal (Czechoslovakia)
Eduard PrchalAlso won Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1893 to 1971 · aged 77
Written about in
10 languages
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