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Karel Kuttelwascher may have had a German surname, but he was a
Czech who became the scourge of the Luftwaffe bombers operating
from France and the Low Countries in 1942. Flying with the RAF's
legendary No. 1 Squadron, his destruction of fifteen aircraft in
only three months earned him the DFC twice in a mere forty-two
days, and made him the RAF's top night intruder ace. After his
daring escape from German-occupied Czechoslovakia, he flew in the
ferocious Battle of France and participated in the final weeks of
the Battle of Britain as one of Churchill's 'Few'. During the early
circus operations, he clocked up his first three kills before
playing a part in the famous Channel Dash. However, it was in the
lauded but lonely night intruder role that his individualistic
skills came to the fore. Flying a long-range Hawker Hurricane IIC
armed with 20-mm cannon, the man the wartime media dubbed the
'Czech Night Hawk' unleashed a reign of terror that included
shooting down three Heinkel bombers in just four minutes.
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