Commemorative plaque unveiled for RAF pilot Karel Janšta

A commemorative plaque for British Royal Air Force pilot Colonel Karel Janšta, a member of the 311th Czechoslovak Bomber Squadron of the RAF, was unveiled in Prague on Thursday. It was placed in Žitná Street in Prague 2, where Janšta lived until his death in 1986. The unveiling ceremony was attended, among others, by Defence Minister Jana Černochová and Janšta's daughter Jana Zachová. Colonel Janšta emigrated to Great Britain in 1940 where he took part in the first air combat missions of the 311th Bombardment Squadron RAF and later became a member of the Czechoslovak State Council in London, where he served as chairman of the military committee. He was later persecuted by the Czechoslovak communist regime.