Commemorative events pay tribute to Czechoslovak RAF pilots

A number of ceremonies in Prague this week paid tribute to the 2,500
Czechoslovak pilots who flew with the RAF in WWII. Close to 500 of them
died in action. Those who came home received a hero’s welcome, but the
nation’s gratitude was short-lived. When the communists came to power in
1948 they were portrayed as enemies of the state, jailed and persecuted.