The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Army General Karel Janoušek

Janoušek, Karel

Army General

* 30th of October 1893

† 27th of October 1971

Promotions

1928-12-29 Lieutenant-Colonel
1933-07-01 Colonel
1936-12-26 Brigadier-General
1940-07-12 Air Commodore (Royal Air Force)
1940-12-31 Vice Air Marshal (Royal Air Force)
1945-03-15 Major-General
1945-05-14 Chief Air Marshal (Royal Air Force)
1991-12-02 Army General (Posthumously)

Service

1928-11-XX 1929-03-XX Attached to Section 3 (Aviation), Ministry of National Defence
1929-03-XX 1930-01-XX Commanding Officer 2nd Squadron, 3rd Aviation Regiment
1930-01-XX 1931-01-XX Chief of Section III/1 (Aviation), Ministry of National Defence
1931-01-XX 1931-11-XX Commanding Officer 6th Aviation Regiment
1931-11-XX 1933-01-XX Commanding Officer 1st Aviation Regiment
1933-01-XX 1933-12-XX Attending the Senior Commanders' Course, Prague
1933-12-03 1938-09-XX Commanding Officer Prague Air District
1938-09-XX 1938-10-XX Commanding Officer Air Force Units, 1st Army
1938-10-XX 1939-08-XX Commanding Officer Prague Air District
1939-11-15 Fled to France
1939-12-01 1940-03-15 Head of Department III (Aviation), Czechoslovakian Military Administration [France]
1940-03-15 1940-06-18 Commanding Officer Czechoslovakian Aviation Training Center, Cognac [France]
1940-07-12 1945-10-20 Inspector-General of the Air Force [Great Britain]
1945-10-20 1947-02-15 Deputy Chief of the General Staff
1947-02-15 1948-02-28 Inspector of Air Defence
1947-11-XX 1948-02-28 Attending the Senior Commanders' Course, Prague
1948-02-28 1948-04-30 On leave
1948-04-30 1948-06-17 Arrested
1948-06-01 Retired
1948-06-17 Condemned to 18 years imprisonment
1949-02-09 Condemned to 9 years imprisonment
1950-03-28 Cendemned to life imprisonment
1960-05-09 Released
Picture source: National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG x83668