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In 1993 Peřina and his wife returned to the Czech
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After his wife recovered in hospital from injuries received during the crash, he rejoined the RAF for five years, but at the age of 36 was not allowed to fly again. He joined the RAF rifle shooting team. Peřina applied for a United States visa in London in 1949 and emigrated to Canada, even though
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I had to gain them some time, and I could think of nothing other than to attack. I had to stop them somehow. I distracted them, and I even managed to shoot one down, but then I myself was hit. My plane took 15 cannon hits, 80 by machine gun. My leg and my arm were injured, although I didn't feel a
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In 1953 while in Canada he gained a job building fibreglass fishing boats, but also trained as a commercial pilot - however being over the age of 42 could not find work. At
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Základní škola gen. Fr. Peřiny (Gen. Fr. Peřina Elementary School)
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1262:
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1176:Obituary from
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718:Armée de l'Air
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623:including the
601:Weber Aircraft
591:
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559:Bedřich Reicin
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371:Armée de l'Air
359:Czechoslovakia
354:
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351:
340:Sudeten Crisis
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209:– 6 May 2006,
197:Wing Commander
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2667:Martin Šonka
2662:Skip Stewart
2642:Olaf Schmidt
2611:
2572:Mike Mangold
2557:Jerzy Makula
2507:Charlie Kulp
2427:Jozef Gabris
2412:Walter Extra
2188:Falling leaf
2173:Aileron roll
2117:Competitions
2007:
1956:Hlinka Guard
1948:
1824:Protectorate
1755:Heydrichiáda
1582:Out Distance
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1331:Kurt Daluege
1306:Protectorate
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1253:Edvard Beneš
1230:World War II
1177:
1155:. Retrieved
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1130:. Retrieved
1128:. Czech Mint
1125:
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1104:. Retrieved
1100:the original
1090:
1062:
1050:
926:5 probables
899:Spitfire MkV
890:3 June 1942
868:3 June 1940
844:1 June 1940
825:26 May 1940
806:19 May 1940
787:18 May 1940
765:12 May 1940
743:11 May 1940
714:10 May 1940
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223:World War II
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157:Battles/wars
78:(2006-05-06)
48:8 April 1911
15:
2799:2006 deaths
2794:1911 births
2712:Gabor Varga
2702:Nick Turvey
2692:Ferenc Tóth
2637:Amelia Reid
2552:Pete McLeod
2482:Steve Jones
2477:Petr Jirmus
2462:Bevo Howard
2377:Vicki Cruse
2372:Marion Cole
2367:Julie Clark
2352:Pip Borrman
2312:Hannes Arch
2183:Cuban eight
2178:Barrel roll
2019:Sudetenland
1978:Slovak Army
1819:Sudetenland
1758: [
1747:17 November
1726:Operation B
1602: [
1563: [
1518:Czech Radio
1384:Alois Eliáš
1277:Jan Masaryk
1106:28 December
861:Jean Accart
662:Niue Island
599:specialist
571:Soviet zone
464:Carcassonne
460:Coulommiers
436:Marne River
406:Jean Accart
37:Nickname(s)
2788:Categories
2707:Ernst Udet
2672:Gene Soucy
2647:Art Scholl
2542:Nancy Lynn
2522:Amanda Lee
2517:Nigel Lamb
2457:Bob Hoover
2091:Aerobatics
1739:War crimes
1686:Dukla Pass
1486:Anthropoid
1471:Resistance
1426:Jozef Tiso
1372:Emil Hácha
1265:Jan Šrámek
1237:Government
1157:16 January
935:References
706:Probables
677:Czech Mint
625:Boeing 747
492:Casablanca
309:Ernst Udet
305:Avia B-534
291:Letov Š-20
275:Letov Š-14
271:Letov Š-10
90:Allegiance
76:6 May 2006
52:1911-04-08
2527:Jim LeRoy
2447:Ray Hanna
2437:Matt Hall
2397:Glen Dell
2238:Tailslide
2160:Maneuvers
2008:Fall Grün
1880:Squadrons
1811:Holocaust
1793:(1944–45)
1431:President
1377:President
1258:President
1180:of London
1178:The Times
923:13 kills
839:(shared)
820:(shared)
801:(shared)
669:gold coin
637:Las Vegas
506:, flying
440:Luftwaffe
396:based at
267:Prostějov
251:machinist
237:Biography
152:(Retired)
2243:Scissors
2208:Lomcovak
2099:Aircraft
2049:Category
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555:Allies
526:Mk V.
301:Zürich
211:Prague
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