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Mira Slovak
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Posted Sunday, June 2, 2013 @ 00:35 AM  

Donald, Jorgen,Collin, Bob.
Even though we strayed away from the Fournier subject, it is good3 for the soul, to remember.
Donald, it is very honorable for the citizens of Tain to remember the sacrifice of Czechoslovakian airmen and maintaining theirs graves like they were buried yesterday. The Czechoslovakian people are grateful.
The book mentioned only the crash on Oct. 29 1944, there was no name of the mountain, only that it was 30 km north from Tain.
It is sad to say that a small country like Czechoslovakia, lost more then 500 airman in Second World War. After the end of the war in May 1945,
for political reasons, the airmen were not allowed to come home to Czechoslovakia because Russians had the priority to come first. / What a rotten deal./
Finnaly in September 1945 flying from Manston airport to Prague, Ruzyn airport, they received a monumental welcome from their country men.
A very sad story happened in 1948, after the communists winning the prearranged, corrupted, dishonest election, they took over the Czechoslovakian government and the problems started. First, they eliminated anybody who was in their way. Second, the communists started a campain against military people who fought on the western front. All of them had been released from the military service. Some of them were imprisoned, some managed to escape to good old England. One time four DC-3 made it in one day to Munich Erding airport.
This unbelievable, ruthless, cold blooded treatement of Czechoslovakian airmen by the Czechoslovakian communists and their helpers, will always be a black spot in old Czechoslovakian hisrory.
Mira.
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Posted Sunday, June 2, 2013 @ 10:25 PM  

Mira,
I agree, WW2 caused so much suffering for so many that I strongly believe it is a duty for all of us to think about what happened, why it happened and to honor all in this "the greatest generation" that sacrificed. I will meet one of the few surviving L-4 pilots who flew as an artillery spotter in Europe during WW2 in a week or so. I'll give you a report if you like when I do.

May the 4's be with you, Just (L-)4 fun/ Jörgen

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