Augustin Preucil - Usworth Air Field - Their Past Your Future (sitios de interés)
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During World War Two the 55 Operation Conversion Unit, which trained foreign pilots converting to British aircraft was based at Usworth.
Augustin Preucil was a Czech pilot who was a spy for the Germans.
Augustin Preucil was a Czech pilot who was a spy for the Germans.
In early 1941 he stole a Hawker Hurricane and took it to Germany.
For more details please see the BBC news story
For more details please see the BBC news story