01.07.1941 podporučík 28.10.1942 poručík 01.02.1947 kapitán letectva (in memoriam) 29.05.1991 plukovník (in memoriam) 23.07.1941 Důstojník-pilot 23.07.1942 Letecký důstojník
01.07.1941 2nd Lieutenant 28.10.1942 Lieutenant 01.02.1947 Captain of Air Force (in memoriam) 29.05.1991 Colonel (in memoriam) 23.07.1941 Pilot Officer 23.07.1942 Flying Officer
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osobní číslo RAF: 787563 / 101525 hodnost RAF: Flying Officer (F/O)
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Leo Anderle
RAF No.: 787 563 (101 525)
One of the most important members of the czechoslovak. air force in the world war ii he was born in Vyškov 24. in may 1913. In the pre-war czechoslovak. the air force served as a sergeant in bomber squadrons. After the establishment of the protectorate he fled in may of 1939 in Poland and shortly after that he went together with other ms. pilots on the ship Batory to France. There had to - as well as others - to sign the commitment to join the Foreign legion. He was sent to north Africa training centre in Siddi bel Abbes, from which after the outbreak of the war assigned to training base of the French air force in Africa and later in France. However, the situation began to sharply vyhrocovat, when the nazi army from Belgium broke through the fence and quickly progressed into the bowels of the earth. Anderle, not only that they didn't get to the front, but had in addition to run with other czechoslovak airmen in France. On one of the last ships sailed to Great Britain.
After a short stay in a quarantine camp, he went to ms. the depots in the Cosfordu, where he was admitted to the Royal Air Force (Rs. And. F.). 29. July 1940 along a fetus 311. ms. bomber the squadron moved to the airport Honnington, where the unit formed and battle-weary to night bombing of enemy territory for most of the multi Wellingtonech. As one of the first since September 1940 he participated in the operational forces. After passing the specified operating turnusu, i.e. 200 operating hours, in October 1941 signed up as a volunteer to the 138. squadron for special purposes, which was at the airport Tangmere. This most secret unit of the Royal Air Force vysazovala skydivers and diverzanty over the occupied territories. The crew could talk about a large fortune, when survived ten such flights. Lieutenant Leo Anderle them graduated 32. He flew over France, Holland, Luxembourg, Austria, Poland, and over the territory of Czechoslovakia. Here, inter alia, dropped off 28. march 1942 ms. the parachutist from the group of Out to the Distance, 27. April group Bioscop and Bivouac, 28. April Intransitive and 24. October 1942 a group of Antimony.
His last years took place in the night 10. December 1942. A four-engine Halifax Mk. II started off with the crew of the por. Anderle, rtn. Pánek, npor. Krcha, ppor. Vaníček, ppor. Carpenter, ppor. Rozprým and srtm. Hajek and with ten british airmen on board, that with them he flew across the Mediterranean sea from Africa to Malta. Was probably shot down near the island of Malta, the German fighters from Crete.
The landscape into, ktorých for the services in 138. squadron letel: -Ms. 6, air -They were keen to take the 20 flights -Nórsko 1 years -Rakúsko 1 years
Evolution in the military service, acquired tieto vyznamenania: Czechoslovakia:-4xthe Ms. vojnový kriz 1939 -2xČs. medaila For chrabrosť -the Ms. medaila of merit 1. stupňa -Pamätná medaila Ms. zahraničnej army so štítkom Francúzska and Veľkej Britínie Veľká Británia:-.F.C. Distinguished Flying Cross (on the picture) -War Medal they were keen to take:-Croix de Guerre withdrew it two palm trees and striebornou hviezdou -The Legion dHonneur of the degree of Chevalier.
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