Josef Šnajdr (22 January 1909,

Luhačovice Luhačovice (; ) is a spa town in Zlín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,000 inhabitants. It is known for the largest spa in Moravia and for architecturally valuable buildings designed by the architect Dušan Jurko ...

– 14 September 1992,

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Major General, pilot and later commander of the 311th Czechoslovak Bomber Squadron of the

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during

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, recipient of multiple military decorations.Josef ŠNAJDR - bombardovací pilot - RAF No.: 82 575
/ref>Váňa, Josef, ''Příslušníci československého letectva v RAF'', AVIS, 1999

Decorations

Some of them are: *3x

Czechoslovak War Cross 1939–1945 The Czechoslovak War Cross 1939 (''Československý válečný kříž 1939'' in Czech, ''Československý vojnový kríž 1939'' in Slovak) is a military decoration of the former state of Czechoslovakia which was issued for those who had provide ...

*2x * 1.st. * with Plate F and VB

References

1909 births 1992 deaths People from Luhačovice Czechoslovak Royal Air Force pilots of World War II Czech generals {{CzechRepublic-mil-bio-stub