October 30, 2023

Colonel and liberator of the City of Pilsen, Charles H. Noble, was born 125 years ago

Charles Henry Noble was born in Boise Barracks, Idaho, on October 30, 1898, the son of Brigadier General Charles H. Noble and Mary Palmer Noble. Charles attended grammar school through high school in Indianapolis, Indiana, and then Columbia Preparatory School in Washington, D.C., prior to entering the Military Academy at…

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October 26, 2023

Happy 120th Heavenly birthday to the Pilsen born colonel and RAF pilot Karel Balík

Karel Balík was born in Pilsen on October 25, 1903 . He went to basic school in Pilsen, then trained as a mechanical locksmith. He was a co-founder of the West Bohemian Aviation Club Plzeň, where he obtained his aviation diploma with his brother Jaroslav. He worked as a transport pilot for twelve…

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October 19, 2023

The RAF fighter pilot Karel Pavlík was born in Pilsen 105 years ago

The RAF fighter pilot Karel Pavlík was born in Pilsen 105 years ago. Karel Pavlík was trained to be a letter painter. He escaped from the occupied homeland via Poland to France, after its capitulation to England. On May 5, 1942, as a pilot of the 313th Czechoslovak fighter squadron, he was…

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October 13, 2023

Happy Heavenly 102nd Birthday to Robert Muthersbaugh, WWII veteran, hero, liberator of Pilsen and Western Bohemia, member of the 16th Armored Division

Happy Heavenly 102nd Birthday to Robert Muthersbaugh, WWII veteran, hero, liberator of Pilsen and Western Bohemia, member of the 16th Armored Division. Robert passed away in July. Lest we forget!

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October 8, 2023

Happy 96th Heavenly Birthday to Hubert Rauw, member of the Belgian 17th Fusilier Battalion

Happy 96th Heavenly Birthday to Hubert Rauw, liberator of the Western Bohemia, our friend, great and humble gentleman, member of the Belgian 17th Fusilier Battalion. Lest we forget!  

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October 5, 2023

Happy 105th Heavenly birthday to Brigadier General, RAF WWII fighter pilot, hero and honorary citizen of the City of Pilsen, Miroslav Štandera

The retired Brigadier General Miroslav Štandera was born on October 5, 1918 in Prague. His mother died when he was 10 years old and thus he grew up with only his father and three siblings. They lived in Dobruška nearby Nové Město nad Metují. Miroslav studied typography but has never…

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