To commorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day the Free Czechoslovak Air Force Associates ltd [FCAFA] team held a private wreath laying event at the Air Forces Memorial, at Runnymede.
The Memorial commemorates by name the 20,547 airmen of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth Air Forces who were lost in the Second World War during operations from bases in the United Kingdom and North and Western Europe, and who have no known graves. Of those named there, 149 are Czechoslovak airmen.
Attending the event were Brigadier General Vratislav Beran, Defence Attaché at the Czech Embassy, London, Colonel Petr Sliacky, Defence Attaché at the Slovak Embassy, London, WO Aleš Feistinger, Assistant to the Czech Defence Attaché and members of the FCAFA team.
In addition to wreaths laid on behalf of their respective organisations, wreaths were also laid on behalf of the Kent Battle of Britain Museum the and Veterans Česká republika veterans group in the Czech Republic.
