In Winged Lion Memorial, how is the History discussed?
During World War II, some 2507 Czech and Slovak men and women served in the British Royal Air Force. About a fifth of them did not survive the war. Not all of them were pilots. In addition to the well-known men in blue, there was the ground crew. Other men worked in administrative positions such as liaison officers in the Royal Air Force or in the training units. Among the RAF pilots there were also airmen from many other countries. Czechoslovaks, like their Polish comrades, earned a great reputation in the RAF.
After February 1948, the Czechoslovaks who had served in the RAF and had repatriated to Czechoslovakia after 15 August 1945, often with wives and children, were subsequently persecuted by the communist regime.The installation of the monument met with the criticism of Prague's conservationists, who protested against its location.  The protest was not upheld.
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