Very touching story of one of the brave. The RAF pilots were the only heroes of Czechoslovakia. The Masin brothers were the followers. It is a shame they’re rejected of this honour….
Video biography of F/Lt František Truhlář who was to suffer sever burns in two separate aircraft crashes during WW2. The first when he was an air-gunner with 311 Sqn when Wellington N2771 crashed at Bentley Priory 16 October 1940. His extensive burns caused him to become one of two Czechoslovak RAF airmen who required plastic surgery treatment at Dr Archibald McIndoe’s specialist burns unit at East Grinstaed – the Guinea Pig Club.
Despite the severity of his burns, he recovered sufficiently to be able to volunteer and be selected for fighter pilot training. However fate struck a tragic blow for him on 11 June 1944 when, in poor weather conditions, his Spitfire hit and obstacle and crashed, resulting in the aircraft catching fire and for the second time František Truhlář was badly burnt and having to Dr Archibald McIndoe for treatment for his new burns.
Petr Doktor says:
Very touching story of one of the brave. The RAF pilots were the only heroes of Czechoslovakia. The Masin brothers were the followers. It is a shame they’re rejected of this honour….
https://fcafa.com/2017/02/06/frantisek-truhlar/
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J.Š.8.2.2017
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