Wartime Czech fighter pilot persecuted, but later honoured, at home for his services to the Allies http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2708053.ece
An excellent film covering Czechs in the RAF, and the terrible things they went through immediately after the war back in their homeland is Tmavomodrý svet (Dark Blue World): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244479/ http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nkHTQKWrdj0
Now there's a bloke who never gave up and had a deep love for his country despite what its leaders did to him. Dark Blue World - still haven't seen it. :frusty:
