Bláha, Adolf

Zugsführer Adolf Bláha



* 06. 12. 1893, Pilsen, Bohemia
+ 12. 04. 1957, Prague, Bohemia


Pilot K. and K. Luftfahrtruppe


Units: Flik 1, Flik 3 J


He was born on December 6, 1893 in Pilsen. In March 1917 he entered the aviation school in Clostenburg. After graduating, he received the Austrian pilot's certificate number 958, on August 10, 1917. He was then sent to Flik 1 in Vienna's New Town. After some time it is transferred to Flik 3J. The commander of Flik 3J was from June 9, 1918 to the end of the war Oberleutnant Friedrich Navratil.
The declaration of the end of the war caught him at the airport in Innsbruck, where the unit was moved from South Tyrol in early November 1918.


On November 21, 1918 he deserted with the second passenger plane of the unit commander, with the plane Albatros D.III (Oef) 253.116. Zugsführer Béla Mayer deserted with him Albatros D.III (Oef ) 253.114. Both probably landed in Schlieren near Zurich, Switzerland due to a navigational error in bad weather. Here the pilots were interned. It was not until March 1919 that Adolf Bláha was released and returned to Bohemia, where he joined the Army Air Force.


On October 2, 1919, Sergeant Adolf Bláha received 1,000 francs from the MNO for expenses associated with the flight of the Albatros from Switzerland. On October 28, 1919, the machine took over and the next day at noon on October 29, 1919, it started. After four hours of flying, he landed in Pilsen. On November 1, 1919, the machine flew to Prague to the airport in Kbely. On the morning of November 3, 1919, the plane crashed while trying to make an emergency landing. Apart from the engine, the aircraft was completely destroyed. He was only slightly injured.


He remained in the army until 1925, when he left for the reserve. He lived in Prague and died on April 12, 1957. He held a Czechoslovak "pilot" diploma No. 131.



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