Frantisek Fajtl, 94, WWII Czech Ace
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Czech WWII fighter ace General Frantisek Fajtl, who fought against Nazi Germany in the French and British air forces, died Wednesday in Prague. He was 94.
After being shot down over France and captured and then released in Spain, he left the RAF to help build the Czechoslovakian fighter squadron.
In 1950, the Communist regime labeled him an enemy of state. He remained blackballed until he was rehabilitated, in 1989.
