27th February 1943

Supermarine SPITFIRE Mk Vb
AR520 (code RY-?)
North of "l'île vierge", Finistère (29)
(contributor Jiri Trojan)

Pilot :

Flight Lieutenant STUSAK MILOSLAV, 31 years old
313 (Czech) SQN, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Panel 121 - RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
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Map indicating the crashes locations in Brittany of the Czech pilots of RAF squadrons 310, 312 and 313.
The arrow indicates where F. Lt. Miloslav STUSAK has fallen on 27^th February, 1943
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From left to right :
F/Sgt. Jaroslav "Jarek" Slepica (died tragically after the war)
F/Lt. Miloslav "Milek" Stusak (killed off Brest)
F/Lt. Stanislav "Stana" Rejthar (brutalized, persecuted by the communists after the war)
W/O Frantisek Kruta (forced to emigrate to Australia after the war)
F/Lt. Jaroslav "Miluska" Muzika (forced to emigrate to England after the war)
 F/Sgt. Arnost Mrtvy (killed in action in Belgium)
F/O Benignus "Benda" Stefan (killed close to Paimpol)
Flight "A", N° 313 (Czech) SQN
Churchstanton, autumn 1942
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