Jan J. Safarik: Air Aces Home Page; What's new!

Dear Friends,

I would like to ask you for any information about Václav Leopold Woseček native of Hořice (Hořitz), a pilot (Seeflugstation Pola-Santa Catarina) of Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Naval Aviation (Kaiserliche und Königliche Seeflugwesen) and Viktor Polanský native of Zďárec (Zdiaretz, Tišnov district), an observer (Fliegerkompanie 45, Fliegerkompanie 53), later pilot of Austrian-Hungarian Air Force (Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen) and commander of Aerial Company Brno.

Next I would like to ask you for any information concerning pilots from Tišnovsko (Tišnov region/ Tischnowitz) [map 1] [map 2] [map 3] [map 4], possibly from Hořicko (Hořice region / Hořitz) [map 1] [map 2] [map 3] [map 4] during World War I.

Jan Šafařík

Vážení přátelé,

chtěl bych Vás poprosit o jakékoliv informace o Václavu Leopoldu Wosečkovi, rodáku z Hořic, pilotu (Seeflugstation Pola-Santa Catarina) Rakousko-uherského námořního letectva (Kaiserliche und Königliche Seeflugwesen) a o Viktoru Polanském, rodáku ze Žďárce, okr. Tišnov, pozorovateli (Fliegerkompanie 45, Fliegerkompanie 53), později pilotu Rakousko-uherského letectva (Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen) a veliteli Letecké setniny Brno.

Dále bych Vás poprosil o jakékoliv další informace týkající se letců Tišnovska [mapa 1] [mapa 2] [mapa 3] [mapa 4], případně Hořicka [mapa 1] [mapa 2] [mapa 3] [mapa 4] v době první světové války.

Jan Šafařík

2008-12-18

Updates: Service of airmen from Horicko in foreign resistance 1939-1945:
Karel HANČIL, Alois HOCHMAL, Rudolf HOLEČEK (HOLDEN), Svatopluk JANOUCH, Josef KALENSKÝ, Karel KNAIFL, Vladimír KYSELO, František MACEK, Josef Morch, Jan F. PLÁŠIL, Stanislav VELICH, Erazim VESELÝ, Vlastimil VESELÝ, DFC, AFC.
Updates: Service of airmen from Tisnovsko in foreign resistance 1939-1945:
Josef BEDNÁŘ, DFC, Josef FELKL, Jaroslav GLEICH, Otto JEBÁČEK, Anton MATÚŠEK, Konstantin PLESKÝ, Lubomír ŠEDA (NEUMANN), Ondřej ŠPAČEK, Karel František ŠTĚPÁN, Josef TESAŘ, Karel VILDOMEC.

2008-12-17

New entry: Slovakia - World War I - K. u. k. Luftfahrtruppen & K.u.k. Seeflugwesen
Updates & New names (3): Austria Hungary - Airmen of Jewish origin who flew during World War I
Updates: Bolivia - Gran Chaco War
Updates: Croatia - World War I - K. u. k. Luftfahrtruppen & K.u.k. Seeflugwesen
Updates: Czechoslovakia - Hungarian Border Conflicts 1919
Updates: Victories of the Czechoslovak Fighter Pilots - Hungarian Border Conflicts 1919
Updates: Eritrea - Ethiopian-Eritrea Conflict 1999-2000
Updates: Estonia - Conflict in Galicia (Polish-Ukrainian War) 1919-1920
Updates: Ethiopia - Ethiopian-Eritrea Conflict 1999-2000
Updates: France - World War II
Updates: France - World War II - Battle Of France
Updates: Hungary - Hungarian Border Conflicts 1919
Updates: Israel - Chel Ha'Avir Aircrafts
Updates & New names (3): Latvia - World War I
Updates: Paraguay - Gran Chaco War
Updates & New names (9): Poland - World War I - K. u. k. Luftfahrtruppen & K.u.k. Seeflugwesen
Updates & New names (3): Poland - World War I - Imperial German Military Air Service
Updates & New names (3): Poland - World War I - Императорскый Военно-Воздушный Флот
Updates: Poland - World War I - Aeronautique Militaire Francaise
Updates: Poland - Polish-Ukrainian War (1918-1919)
Updates: Victories of the Polish Fighter Pilots (1918-1920)
Updates: Poland - Worl War II - Soviet Invasion (17th September - 28th September 1939, Polish Campaign)
Updates & New names (9): Russia - World War I
Updates: Russian Federation - Ethiopian-Eritrea Conflict 1999-2000
Updates & New name: Russian Federation - South Ossetia War 2008
Updates & New victories: Russian Federation - Victories of the Fighter Pilots - South Ossetia War 2008
Updates: Serbia - World War I
Updates: Slovakia - World War II

2008-12-16

Updates: Slovakia - Hungarian-Slovak Conflict
Updates: Slovakia - World War II - Polish Campaign (1st - 28th September 1939)
Updates: Slovakia - World War II - Air Defence of Slovakia 1944
Updates: Slovakia - World War II - Slovak National Uprising (29th August - 27th October 1944)
Updates: Soviet Union - Soviet-Japan War 1945 (Manchurian Strategic Offensive operation)
Modified: Ukraine - World War I - K. u. k. Luftfahrtruppen & K.u.k. Seeflugwesen
Updates: Ukraine - Polish-Ukrainian War 1918-1919
Updates: Biography of Czechoslovak Air Gunner Gustav Kopal
New references for: Czechoslovakia
New references for: France
New references for: Germany
New references for: Great Britain
New references for: Poland
New references for: Slovakia
New references for: Soviet Union
New references for: United States of America

2008-12-01

Dear Friends,

I would like to ask you for any information about Viktor Polanský native of Zďárec (Zdiaretz, Tišnov district), an observer (Fliegerkompanie 45, Fliegerkompanie 53), later pilot of Austrian-Hungarian Air Force (Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen) and commander of Aerial Company Brno.

Next I would like to ask you for any information concerning pilots from Tišnovsko (Tišnov region/ Tischnowitz) [map 1] [map 2] [map 3] [map 4], possibly from Hořicko (Hořice region / Hořitz) [map 1] [map 2] [map 3] [map 4] during World War I.

Jan Šafařík

Vážení přátelé,

chtěl bych Vás poprosit o jakékoliv informace o Viktoru Polanském, rodáku ze Žďárce, okr. Tišnov, pozorovateli (Fliegerkompanie 45, Fliegerkompanie 53), později pilotu Rakousko-uherského letectva (Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen) a veliteli Letecké setniny Brno.

Dále bych Vás poprosil o jakékoliv další informace týkající se letců Tišnovska [mapa 1] [mapa 2] [mapa 3] [mapa 4], případně Hořicka [mapa 1] [mapa 2] [mapa 3] [mapa 4] v době první světové války.

Jan Šafařík

2008-11-13

2008-11-12

New entry: Denmark - World War I
New entry: Estonia - World War I
New entry: Great Britain - Paraguay Revolution 1922
New entry: Great Britain - Iraq Rebellion 1941 (Rashid Ali Coup)
New entry: Iraq - Iraq Rebellion 1941 (Rashid Ali Coup)
New entry: Latvia - World War I
New entry: Lithuania - World War I
New entry: Russian Federation - South Ossetia War 2008
New entry: Russian Federation - Victories of the Fighter Pilots - South Ossetia War 2008
New entry: U.S.A - Airmen of Jewish origin who flew during Spanish Civil War
Updates: Czechoslovakia - Spanish Civil War - Fuerza Aérea de la República Española
Updates: A list of the Czechoslovak pilots in The Spanish Civil War
Updates: France - Airmen of Jewish origin who flew during World War I
Updates: Germany - Airmen of Jewish origin who flew during World War I
Updates: Great Britain - Falklands War
Updates: Hungary - Cold War
Updates: Israel - Mc Donell Douglas F-4 "Kurnass" Aces
Updates: Israel - The Best Israeli Navigarors And Weapon System Officers
Updates: Israel - Chel Ha'Avir Aircrafts
Updates: Israel - Chel Ha'Avir Aircraft's Photos
Updates: Italy - World War II
Updates: Italy - World War II - Ground Victories
Updates: Kuwait - Gulf War 1990
Updates: Netherland - World War II
Updates: Netherland - NATO Intervention In Kosovo (Allied Force: 24 March - 10 June 1999)
Updates: Romania - World War II
Updates: Russia - World War I
Updates: Saudi Arabia - Gulf War
Updates: U.S.A. - World War I
Updates: Jan J. Šafařík: Wartime Aerial Victory Credits
Updates: Soviet Union - Wartime Aerial Victory Credits
New references for: Australia
New references for: Canada
New references for: Czechoslovakia
New references for: France
New references for: Germany
New references for: Great Britain
New references for: Poland
New references for: Soviet Union
New references for: United States of America

2008-10-09

These web-sites have been chosen by the National Library of the Czech Republic as a quality source to be kept for the future and become part of the Czech cultural heritage. The web-sites are being archived several times a year and their record is part of the Czech National Bibliography and the NL CR catalogue.
New entry: Switzerland - World War I
Updates: Argentina - World War I
Updates: Bolivia - Gran Chaco War

2008-10-07

New entry: Great Britain - Spanish Civil War, Fuerza Aérea de la República Española
New entry: Portugal - Spanish Civil War, Fuerza Aérea Nacionales (Arma de Aviación)
New entry: Switzerland - Spanish Civil War, Fuerza Aérea de la República Española
Updates & New names (19): Bermuda - World War I
Updates: Bermuda - World War II
Updates: Bermuda - Victories of the Fighter Pilots - World War I & II
Updates: Portugal - World War I
Updates: Yugoslavia - Spanish Civil War, Fuerza Aérea de la República Española

2008-10-05

Updates: Argentina - World War I
Updates: Bolivia - Gran Chaco War
Updates: China - World War I
Updates: Japan - World War I
Updates: Venezuela - Venezuel Military Coup - 27th November 1992

2008-09-21

New entry: U.S.A. - Spanish Civil War, Aviación de El Tercio, Aviazione Legionaira
Updates: U.S.A. - Spanish Civil War, Fuerza Aérea de la República Española
Updates: U.S.A - Airmen of Jewish origin who flew during Spanish Civil War
Updates: U.S.A - Victories of the American Fighter Pilots - Spanish Civil War
Updates: Jan J. Šafařík: Wartime Aerial Victory Credits
Updates: U.S.A - Wartime Aerial Victory Credits

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usa-spanish.civil.war-by.date.pdf victories-usa-spanish.civil.war.pdf

usa-spanish.civil.war-by.name.pdf victories-usa-spanish.civil.war.pdf

2008-09-20

Updates: Canada - Russian Revolution (1917-1920)
Updates & New names (7): France - Spanish Civil War
Updates: Great Britain - Russian Revolution (1917-1920)
Updates: Greece - Greco-Turkish War 1919-1922
Updates: South Africa - Russian Revolution (1917-1920)
Updates: Turkey - Greco-Turkish War 1919-1922
Updates: U.S.A - Russian Revolution (1917-1920)
Updates: U.S.A. - Spanish Civil War

2008-09-18

Updates: Ecuador - Alto Cenepa Conflict 1995
Updates: Ecuador - Victories of the Ecuadorian Fighter Pilots (Alto-Cenepa War, 1995)
Updates: Israel - Chel Ha'Avir Aircrafts
Updates & New names (12): Italy - Spanish Civil War - Aviación de El Tercio, Aviazione Legionaira
Updates & New names (65): Italy - World War II
Updates & New names (3+5): Italy - World War II - Ground Victories

http://.../victories/old.html --> http://.../victories/new.pdf

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italy-sp.html italy-sp.pdf

2008-09-06

Updates: Argentina - Falklands War
Updates: Jordan - Middle East Conflicts

2008-08-16

New entry: Slovenia - World War II - Royal Yugoslav Air Force
New entry: Slovenia - World War II - National Liberation Army of Yugoslavia
New entry: Slovenia - World War II - Zrakoplovstvo Nezavisne Drzave Hrvatske
Updates: Czechoslovakia - Spanish Civil War - Fuerza Aérea de la República Española
Updates: A list of the Czechoslovak pilots in The Spanish Civil War
Updates: Croatia - World War II
Updates: Greece - Greco-Turkish War 1919-1922
Updates: Poland - Polish-Soviet War (1919-1920)
Updates: Victories of the Polish Fighter Pilots (1918-1920)
Updates: Turkey - Greco-Turkish War 1919-1922
Updates: Yugoslavia - World War II - Royal Yugoslav Air Force
Updates: Yugoslavia - World War II - National Liberation Army of Yugoslavia

2008-08-01

2008-07-31

2008-07-28

Updates & New names (7): Czechoslovakia - Spanish Civil War
Jan Ferák is often presented with seven confirmed victories (Shores, Christopher: Air Aces, Presidio Press, Novato, CA, 1983; Šmoldas, Zdeněk: Českoslovenští letci v boji proti fašismu, Naše vojsko, Praha, 1987; Matyáš, Svatopluk: Stíhačky nad Španělskem 1936 - 1939, Svět křídel, Cheb 1998; Gleize, Jean-Paul: Aces, http://www.igleize.fr/aces/homeaces.htm; Magnus, Alan: Air Aces Home Page, http://users.accesscomm.ca/magnusfamily/airaces1.htm; Ciel De Gloire - Histoire des As de L Aviation de 1914 a nos jours, http://www.cieldegloire.com/; List of Spanish Civil War air aces, Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Spanish_Civil_War_air_aces; Lista de ases aéreos de la Guerra Civil Española, Wikipedia - La enciclopedia libre, http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_ases...; ...), sometimes even with unbelievable sixteen victories (Kubec, Václav: Přepadoví stíhači útočí, Letectví+kosmonautika, No. 25, 1967). None of it is true. The detailed analysis of his participation in Spanish Civil War shows he didn’t achieve any victory and all his victories are thought-out (Majtenyi, David - Rajlich, Jiří: Legenda o republikánském leteckém esu Janu Ferákovi, part one, in Historie a vojenství, No. 1, 2008; Majtenyi, David - Rajlich, Jiří: Legenda o republikánském leteckém esu Janu Ferákovi, part two, in Historie a vojenství, No. 2, 2008). Also renowned Spanish historian Jesús Salas Larrazabal contributes to this legend when he, in his crucial work about Spanish Civil War, presents also the Czech called Kozek (later identified with Jan Frak) as a member of Escadre España (Larrazabal, Jesús Salas: Air War over Spain, Ian Allan Ltd, Shepperton, Surrey, 1974). This mistake was then taken over by other famous historians (Laureau, Patrick: L'aviation républicaine espagnole (1936-1939), Docavia/Editions Lariviere, No.8, Edition Lariviere, Paris, France 1978; Permuy Lopez, Rafael A.: Enciclopedia de la Aviación Militar Española, No. 76, Quiron Ediciones, España, 2000). The question is whether Kozek was of Czech origin, most likely it was only a nick or nom de guerre. It seems that mysterious Kozek flying with Escadre España could be Polish or Yugoslavian volunteer. He had nothing in common with Jan Ferak and they have probably never met (Majtenyi, David - Rajlich, Jiří: c.d.).
Updates: A list of the Czechoslovak pilots in The Spanish Civil War