{"id":2192,"date":"2014-05-12T17:50:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T16:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.praha14.cz\/zivot-na-praze-14\/?page_id=2192"},"modified":"2026-01-30T12:45:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:45:02","slug":"genmjr-i-m-otto-smik-dfc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.praha14.cz\/zivot-na-praze-14\/genmjr-i-m-otto-smik-dfc\/","title":{"rendered":"OTTO SMIK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.praha14.cz\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/04\/smik.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.praha14.cz\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/04\/smik.jpg\" alt=\"smik\" width=\"282\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.praha14.cz\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/04\/smik.jpg 282w, https:\/\/www.praha14.cz\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/04\/smik-260x370.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/a><strong>Genmjr. i.m. OTTO SMIK, DFC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Otto Smik byl jedn\u00edm z nejmlad\u0161\u00edch \u010deskoslovensk\u00fdch st\u00edha\u010d\u016f v RAF. Narodil se v Gruzii, ale jeho otec poch\u00e1zel se Slovenska. Do \u010ceskoslovenska se rodina vr\u00e1tila v roce 1934. U\u017e p\u0159ed v\u00e1lkou se Smik zaj\u00edmal o letectv\u00ed, ale jeho skute\u010dn\u00fd v\u00fdcvik za\u010dal a\u017e v zahrani\u010d\u00ed. Po \u00fat\u011bku p\u0159es Bl\u00edzk\u00fd v\u00fdchod se dostal do Francie a pozd\u011bji do Brit\u00e1nie, \u010d\u00e1st pilotn\u00edho v\u00fdcviku absolvovali v Kanad\u011b.<\/p>\n<p>Smik byl typem rychle zraj\u00edc\u00edho pilota. Instrukto\u0159i o n\u011bm psali, \u017ee m\u00e1 instinkt pro man\u00e9vr a sou\u010dasn\u011b se velmi rychle u\u010d\u00ed taktiku. Po za\u0159azen\u00ed k 312. a pozd\u011bji 310. \u010deskoslovensk\u00e9 st\u00edhac\u00ed peruti se okam\u017eit\u011b projevil jako pilot schopn\u00fd p\u0159esn\u00fdch z\u00e1sah\u016f p\u0159i doprovodech bombard\u00e9r\u016f i p\u0159i hl\u00eddk\u00e1ch nad kan\u00e1lem. Jeho opera\u010dn\u00ed kari\u00e9ra byla mimo\u0159\u00e1dn\u011b kr\u00e1tk\u00e1, ale intenzivn\u00ed. Do konce roku 1944 m\u011bl na kont\u011b p\u0159es deset potvrzen\u00fdch sest\u0159el\u016f a n\u011bkolik po\u0161kozen\u00ed nep\u0159\u00e1telsk\u00fdch stroj\u016f, co\u017e jsou v\u00fdkony, kter\u00fdch dosahovali sp\u00ed\u0161e veter\u00e1ni s mnoha stovkami letov\u00fdch hodin. P\u0159es rychle rostouc\u00ed reputaci se Smik nevn\u00edmal jako \u201ehv\u011bzda\u201c. Byl zn\u00e1m\u00fd t\u00edm, \u017ee po letu dok\u00e1zal bez emoc\u00ed popsat vlastn\u00ed chyby a velmi detailn\u011b analyzovat pr\u016fb\u011bh boje.<\/p>\n<p>Koncem roku 1944 se jeho peru\u0165 \u00fa\u010dastnila \u0159ady n\u00edzk\u00fdch \u00fatok\u016f proti pozemn\u00edm c\u00edl\u016fm na \u00fazem\u00ed okupovan\u00e9 Evropy, co\u017e pat\u0159ilo k nejrizikov\u011bj\u0161\u00edm \u00fakol\u016fm st\u00edha\u010d\u016f. Pr\u00e1v\u011b p\u0159i jednom z t\u011bchto n\u00e1vrat\u016f, 28. listopadu 1944, jeho Spitfire havaroval u n\u00e1dra\u017e\u00ed ve Zwolle v Nizozemsku. Smik z\u00edskal p\u011bt v\u00e1le\u010dn\u00fdch k\u0159\u00ed\u017e\u016f a n\u011bkolik dal\u0161\u00edch vyznamen\u00e1n\u00ed \u010deskoslovensk\u00fdch, britsk\u00fdch i francouzsk\u00fdch. Z\u016fstal symbolem talentovan\u00e9ho letce, jeho\u017e kari\u00e9ra byla mimo\u0159\u00e1dn\u011b kr\u00e1tk\u00e1, ale napln\u011bn\u00e1 intenzivn\u00edm nasazen\u00edm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genmjr. i.m. OTTO SMIK, DFC Otto Smik byl jedn\u00edm z nejmlad\u0161\u00edch \u010deskoslovensk\u00fdch st\u00edha\u010d\u016f v RAF. Narodil se v Gruzii, ale jeho otec poch\u00e1zel se Slovenska. Do \u010ceskoslovenska se rodina vr\u00e1tila v roce 1934. U\u017e p\u0159ed v\u00e1lkou se Smik zaj\u00edmal o letectv\u00ed, ale jeho skute\u010dn\u00fd v\u00fdcvik za\u010dal a\u017e v zahrani\u010d\u00ed. 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