A commemorative plaque in honour of Slovak and Czech aviators who served in the British Royal Air Force during WWII was unveiled at the Milan Rastislav Štefánik Square in Bratislava on Wednesday.
At the same time a memorial in the shape of a winged lion was also unveiled in Prague a day before. The two plaques were sponsored by British communities living in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. “Seventy years ago, 2,500 young men from your countries - from their own will - decided to take part in WWII. They flew with RAF ... and they were courageous. We’re now unveiling a plaque in the spirit of their heroism,” stated Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart William Peach at the ceremony in Bratislava. During the ceremony a historic Spitfire fighter plane which Czechoslovak pilots flew during the war, flew over Bratislava.
