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Ladislav Valoušek (1918–1996) – Czechoslovak fighter pilot.RAF No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron – Spitfire pilot.
Later 1st Czechoslovak Fighter Air Regiment – La-5FN – Slovak National Uprising.Grouping includes:Zenith manual-wind watch – “V.L.” marked inner dust cover – original period box.
Soviet/Kirovskie military watch – “V.L.” marked inside case back.
Original CZECHOSLOVAKIA shoulder title.
Two original named Valoušek portraits.
Original post-war signed portrait.
Original contemporary wartime photograph – La-5FN White “69”.
Four original RAF Air Ministry Pilot’s Notes, including Spitfire IIA/IIB.
Stíhači nad Kanálem RAF reference book – photographs credited “L. Valoušek” – handwritten ownership name Olga Vrbová, Valoušek’s daughter.
Research documentation included.
Zenith dial: extensively and apparently intentionally altered. Possible post-1948 removal of Western/identifying features during the persecution of former RAF personnel. Historical possibility only – not proven for this watch.
Both watches independently carry “V.L.” markings. Significant within this grouping, but personal ownership by Ladislav Valoušek cannot be conclusively proven.
Complete grouping acquired together from a Czech collector’s estate.
Rare historical grouping connecting Valoušek’s RAF/Spitfire service with his later La-5FN service on the Eastern Front.
