S/Ldr Josef Stehlík - In Four Airforces

Pisis · 06-19-2005, 01:40 PM

http://cshq-czechs.wz.cz/eng_bio%20stehlik.html

seesul · 04-30-2007, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Pisis

CS HQ - Josef Stehlik

Hello Pisis,

I was born in Slavicin but hadn´t many chances to speak to him as he passed away too soon in 1990 and I was 17 back then. Anyway, we got him on visit in our school in 1987- what a discussion! I can remebemer his description of his first kill (in cooperation) of 312.Sqdn over Liverpool yet...

Roman

Pisis · 08-13-2007, 03:12 AM

Čau,

well, lucky you. How was that possible to speak about it in 1987? It amazes me. I know there were a few articles in L&K (main aviation magazine) per year about the heroism of Czechoslovak airmen in "The West", but as far as I know, it was unable to speak openly about this theme but until the fall of the communism in 1989... So you were double lucky.

Thanks for the info.

seesul · 08-13-2007, 03:38 AM

Well, that´s right...
But I was interrested in WW2 history and especially in aviation and war in Pacific.
So I´ve asked our history teacher if it would be possible to invite him to the scholl and open a discussion with him, she agreed and organized it.
Sure, he didn´t mention any word about his fate and experience after WWII but anyway, it was very interresting to see and hear a real hero back then... You could hear a pin falling down on the ground when he was speaking in the school class...
I like to speak to WW2 vets and always have goose flesh when they speak...
We met Willi Reschke in Germany last year and he visited us here in Slavicin and Banov last year (see http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/alb...=14110&cat=602 ). I´ve also found the adress of Hansotto Nehls from 11/JG300 and am in touch with his daughter. He unfortunatelly passed away in 2004... What a pity... In Slavicin museum we have rests from his Bf109G-6AS...
Have a friend in USA that bailed out from his burning B-17G on Aug 29th 1944.
He visited us here in 2005 and we visited him in New Jersey last year. He´s going to visit us this year again with his grandson and Todd Weiler, nephew of James Weiler, whose B-17 went down on the same day. Term of thier visit is Aug 23rd-Sept. 3rd and there will be a commemoration in Rudice on Sat 25th and meeting in Slavicin museum on Sun 26th.

Ahoj

Pisis · 08-13-2007, 03:51 AM

Fine, let's keep in touch then.

seesul · 08-13-2007, 05:33 AM

... and btw, there´s a small pub in Slavicin. Josef Stehlik used to go there to play the cards, I met him there several times when I was there with my father. I guess you know his stories and know that he was an excellent cards player....
The name of this pub is ''U Pilota''.

Bye

Pisis · 08-13-2007, 08:58 AM

Well, I didn't know that actually.

seesul · 05-09-2008, 02:15 AM

Pisis,

have you got this book?
Josef Stehlík - Lovec s pøesnou muškou
Great reading...

Pisis · 05-11-2008, 02:54 AM

Dík, I didn't know about those books!

seesul · 05-12-2008, 05:44 AM

Don´t know if you know it but there´s a nice true story- after France collapsed Josef drove by ship to UK. He played the cards with the captain of this ship and naturaly won....a lot of money.
This captain even put the note into the log book-''today I played the cards and lost for a first time in my life with a little Joe from Czechoslovakia''
When Josef arrived to UK he even bought a used car for this money there