Val Svoboda
Civilian
Object Number - UPL 25357 - Val Svoboda , Furth Germany 1945 End of the War Celebrations wearing Pilots Uniform
As a teenager in Latvia during WW2 both her and her mother fled, walking on foot through Poland to Germany where they worked in the aircraft factory in Heiligenbeil repairing damaged Luftwaffe aircraft until they were liberated by US troops in early 1945.
They worked as house keepers for the 10th PRG Photo Recon Group at Furth Airfield near Nuremberg, until the end of the war, then other US army units in Occupied Germany, and the IRO (International Refugee Organisation).
She was married and emigrated to Australia in 1950.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Latvia | 5 July 1926 | Born Val Jasaitis |
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Other Worked in aircraft repair factory |
Heiligenbeilweg, 28816 Stuhr, Germany | 23 September 1943 | Riveting panels onto Luftwaffe aircraft |
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Died |
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Other Emigrated to Australia |
Australia | ||
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Other Worked as a house keeper |
Airport Nürnberg, Flughafenstraße 100, 90411 Nürnberg, Germany |
Revisions
Added information shared by user 'Spooner' (Rick Williams) in the source messages of the photos he has added to the AAM website:
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25328;
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25329.
