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WW2 lost Czech pilot honoured with memorial in Devon

Vasatko, 33, was one of the RAF’s most senior Czech officers and commanded three fighter squadrons – 310, 312 and 313 – known as the Czech Fighter Wing, operating within the RAF from bases including Exeter, Bolt Head, Harrowbeer and Culmhead.

The memorial was built by stonemason Andy Dunn and designed in conjunction with landowner Lady Newman, the Local Democracy Reporting Service reports.

Vasatko was originally a pre-war Czechoslovak Army officer turned fighter pilot before he later joined the French Air Force.

He later joined the Czech squadrons within the RAF, joining the fight in the latter stages of the Battle of Britain.

He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.


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