This is a list of World War II fighter aces from Czechoslovakia.
Aces Name Kills Awards Notes Bobek, Ladislav "Lada" 5 Died 14 February 1983 Čížek, Evžen 5 KIA 26 November 1940 Cukr, Venceslas (Vaclav) "Cooper" 9 Croix de Guerre with 4 palms (France), Médaille militaire (France), Légion d'honneur (France), DFC (UK). Battle of France, Battle of Britain, and RAF Fighter Squadron Leader. Later RAF fighter test pilot. Died in New Zealand, 24 October 1989. Doležal, František "Dolly" 6 KIA 4 October 1945 Dygrýn-Ligotický, Josef D 5 KIA 4 June 1942 Fechtner, Emil 5 DFC KIA 29 October 1940 Fejfar, Stanislav B 8 KIA 17 May 1942 František, Josef 17 DFM Czechoslovak Air Force until German occupation, then Polish Air Force. KIA 8 October 1940 Furst, Bohumil 6 Hanuš, Josef Jan 5 DFC Janouch, Svatopluk 5 Jícha, Václav 7 DFC Died on 1 February 1945 when the aircraft in which he was a passenger crashed during a snowstorm. Klán, Jan 5 Died 10 December 1986 Kratkoruky, Bedrich 5 MIA 15 January 1943 Kučera, Jiří V 5 Kučera, Otmar 7 DFC 6 June 1995 Kuttelwascher, Karel Miroslav "Kut" 20 DFC, CdG Czechoslovak Air Force until German occupation, then French Air Force, then Royal Air Force Mansfeld, Miloslav 12 DSO, DFC, AFC Died 22 October 1991 Peřina, František 12 CdG Czechoslovak Air Force until German occupation, then French Air Force, then Royal Air Force Plzak, Stanislav 6 MIA 7 August 1941 Prchal, Eduard M 6 Died 4 December 1984 Prihoda, Josef 5 DFC MIA 6 March 1943 Půda, Rajmund 5 Smik, Otto 13 DFC KIA 28 November 1944 Šrom, Leopold 8 Died 11 October 1968 Stehlík, Josef 10 Died 30 May 1991 Svetlík, Ladislav 5 Vašátko, Alois 14 DSO, DFC Czechoslovak Air Force until German occupation, then French Air Force, then Royal Air Force. KIA 3 June 1942 Vybíral, Tomáš 7 DSO, DFC Died 21 February 1981
See also List of World War II aces by country
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