Eighty years ago, the First Czechoslovak Fighter Aviation Zvolen Regiment landed with Soviet-made Lavochkin La-5FN aircraft at the rebel airfield near the village of Zolná, which is now part of ...
He was killed on August 24, 1940, during a massive German attack on Manston ... well in its sights. The airfield had opened as RAF Manston in 1916 and during WWII its runway was expanded to ...