Czech WWII veteran Tomáš Lom dies at age 96

Czech veteran Tomáš Lom, who served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the World War II, has died at the age of 96.

Born Tomáš Löwenstein into a Jewish family in Prague, he enlisted in London the moment he turned 18 and ended up serving as a wireless operator in the Bahamas in the latter period of the conflict.

Minister of Defence Lubomír Metnar expressed his condolences, while deputies honoured Lom’s memory with a minute of silence at today’s session.