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    Eduard Maximilian Prchal (1 January 1911 – 4 December, 1984) was a Czechoslovakian pilot and sole survivor of a 1943 plane crash that killed the Polish...
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  • Prchal (feminine: Prchalová) is a Czech surname. It may refer to: Bolek Prchal, Czech actor Eduard Prchal (1911-1984), Czech pilot Josef Prchal (1925-1989)...
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    The only survivor of the accident was the pilot Flight Lieutenant Eduard Prchal, one of six crew on the aircraft. The 11 passengers killed were: General...
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    exile. Fifteen other people also died in the crash, with only the pilot Eduard Prchal surviving. The present version of the memorial, unveiled on 4 July 2013...
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    cargo on the plane shifting to the back upon takeoff. Only the pilot, Eduard Prchal (1911–1984), survived the crash. Sikorski was buried in a brick-lined...
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  • Hochhuth, unaware that the plane's pilot Eduard Prchal was still alive, accused him of participating in the plot. Prchal won a libel case that seriously affected...
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  • and Gibraltar.[citation needed] In 1972, the pilot, Flight Lieutenant Eduard Prchal, described the events: "I received the green light from the tower and...
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  • his Chief of Staff Tadeusz Klimecki, and seven others. Only pilot Eduard Prchal (1911–1984) survived. The flight departed at 2307 hrs. and crashed into...
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    along with 15 others. The sole survivor was the Czech-born pilot, Eduard Prchal, who was rescued by an RAF launch. The bodies of five passengers and...
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    Sikorski, Whiteley and everyone else on board (except for first pilot Eduard Prchal)—sixteen in all—died in the crash. The circumstances surrounding the...
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