Record in the diary of the 311 (Czechoslovak) Bomber Squadron. Copy of a letter from navigator Emil BUŠINA from a prison camp. He became a prisoner of war after his plane accidentally landed at an occupied airport during his return from a raid on Boulogne. The radio operator in this crew was Arnošt VALENTA, the only Czechoslovak airman who did not return from captivity - he was murdered by the Gestapo. His profile is displayed in another section of this exhibition. I assume that the Ernst, for whom he is requesting clothing, is that Arnošt VALENTA. Frank could be František CIGOŠ, the pilot of BUŠINA’s aircraft. Archive of Petra Tonder.

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