Pilot Flight Lieutenant Otto Smik
No. 312 Squadron, RAF North Weald, March to October 1944
Otto Smik DFC (20 January 1922 – 28 November 1944) was a Czechoslovak pilot who became a fighter ace in the Royal Air Force. He joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in July 1940 and was in training until the end of 1942. Between March 1943 and June 1944 he shot down 13 Luftwaffe fighter aircraft probably shot down one more and shared in the shooting down of two others. On the 8th July 1944 he shot down three V-1 flying bombs in 32 minutes.
In October 1944 Smik survived being shot down behind enemy lines in the Netherlands, successfully evaded capture and returned to Allied-held territory. In November 1944 the RAF put him in command of No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF. On 28 November he was shot down again over the German-held territory in the Netherlands and was killed.
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Original
9.66m
11.23m
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Original
9.66m
11.23m
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Original
9.66m
11.23m
3rd
3.220mm
3,742mm
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8th
1,208mm
1,403mm
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24th
402.5mm
467.9mm
4th
2,415mm
2,807mm
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9th
1,073mm
1,247mm
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32nd
301.9mm
350.9mm
5th
1,932mm
2,245mm
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10th
966mm
1,123mm
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48th
201.3mm
234.0mm
6th
1,610mm
1.871mm
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12th
805mm
936mm
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72nd
134.2mm
156.0mm
7th
1,380mm
1,604mm
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16th
604mm
702mm
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144th
67.1mm
78.0mm
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