Eduard Prchal
Jeden z hrstky
………………………..* 1 January 1911
………………………..† 4 December 1984
Eduard Maximilian Prchal was born 1 January 1911 at Dolní Břežany, near, Prague. His father, František, was at that time a cabinet maker and his mother Božena née Křepelková, a daughter of a peasant. They had two sons.
Eduard Maxmilian Prchal se narodil 1. ledna 1911 v Dolních Břežanech nedaleko Prahy. Jeho otec, František, pracoval jako truhlář a jeho matkou byla paní Božena, rozená Křepelková, dcera rolníka. Měli dva syny.
Prchal attended secondary school at Nové Městě in Prague for six years. On completing his schooling, Prchal joined SCAP, a Prague firm representing several foreign car manufacturers, as a sales representative where he worked for 2½ years. Since completing his second year at college he was proficient in trigonometry and geometry and fluent in English, French as well as Czech. He was also fascinated by flying and aspired to become a pilot. His opportunity came, in October 1930, when he was required to do his Military Service. He applied to join the Czechoslovak Air Force but found the competition was ‘quite stiff’. With the assistance of an uncle, who was an Army Colonel, he managed to get accepted.