Jindřich Svoboda (aviator), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jindřich Svoboda (aviator)

Czech soldier

Date of Birth: 23-May-1917

Place of Birth: Třebíč, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 17-Jan-1942

Profession: pilot in command

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Jindrich Svoboda (23 May 1917 – 17 January 1942) was a Czech colonel in memoriam, a captain of the bomber of the 311th Squadron RAF. Jindrich Svoboda was born in Jungmannova Street in Trebíc.
At an early age, his family moved to Zámostí where they lived in No.
119. He was a member of the Junák association (Association of Scouts and Guides of the Czech Republic) and his nickname was Horse.
In the year 1936 he attended the Military Aviation School in Prostejov.
When his Czech homeland was in danger he joined the air force as a volunteer. On 24 January 1940 Svoboda went to Slovakia and from there he travelled via Hungary, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Syria and North Africa to France and then to Great Britain where he was trained as a bomber pilot.
He had to his credit 24 operational flights in total, 16 of them as a captain. His last flight was a raid on Bremen.
Their Vickers Wellington was shot down and crashed in the Nederlands.
J.
Svoboda, J.
Brož and R.
Mašek died while K.
Batelka, Z.
Sichrovský and J.
Šnajdr survived.
Jindrich Svoboda is buried in the military section of the General Cemetery Gilzerbaan in Tilburg, the Netherlands. The Junák association of Trebíc and in 2003 the footbridge in Trebíc are named after him.
In 2006 a commemorative plaque was unveiled on the townhall building in Trebíc in memory of aviators of the RAF who were born in Trebíc.