Lieutenant Adolf Opalka, commander of "Operation Out Distance", killed in the choir of the Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius, 18 June, 1942.  JR.

Death in Prague (9)

A number of the parachutists had taken to sleeping in the choir of the church - less stuffy than the crypt.  These included Kubis and Josef Valcik of "Anthropoid" - Valcik had acted as spotter/lookout for the Heydrich assasination - and Lieutenant Adolf Opalka, the traitor Curda's commander in "Out Distance".  Along with them was Bublik of "Operation Bioscope".  They were there on 18 June, 1942 when the church was entered by German police and Waffen-SS personnel.  The choir overlooked the whole nave of the church and provided a good firing position against anybody unwelcome intrusion in the lower part of the church.  The men in the gallery opened fire, and continued to resist repeated German efforts to occupy the nave.  They were eventually killed by an explosion - whether by suicide or by German grenades is not entirely clear.  JR.

Death in Prague (8)

Josef Valcik of "Operation Anthropoid", spotter/lookout at the attack on Heydrich, killed in the choir of the Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius, 18 June, 1942.  JR.