commemorative plaque of Colonel Lieutenant Vaclav Martinek

commemorative plaque of Colonel Lieutenant Vaclav Martinek

A commemorative plaque was unveiled near Litvinovice, Czech Republic, on May 4, 2019, to honour Colonel Lieutenant Vaclav Martinek, who fought with the RAF in wartime and who in 1948 became probably the first victim of the communist regime's repressions in the Czechoslovak military. Martinek served as an airfield defence commander with the RAF's 311st Czechoslovak squadron in Britain from April 1942. In late February of 1948, he was dismissed from the Czechoslovak military and committed suicide one day later, a few days after the Communist Party seized power in the country, Jiri Silha, from the military aviation history group, has told CTK. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

commemorative plaque of Colonel Lieutenant Vaclav Martinek

commemorative plaque of Colonel Lieutenant Vaclav Martinek

A commemorative plaque was unveiled near Litvinovice, Czech Republic, on May 4, 2019, to honour Colonel Lieutenant Vaclav Martinek, who fought with the RAF in wartime and who in 1948 became probably the first victim of the communist regime's repressions in the Czechoslovak military. Martinek served as an airfield defence commander with the RAF's 311st Czechoslovak squadron in Britain from April 1942. In late February of 1948, he was dismissed from the Czechoslovak military and committed suicide one day later, a few days after the Communist Party seized power in the country, Jiri Silha, from the military aviation history group, has told CTK. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

commemorative plaque of Colonel Lieutenant Vaclav Martinek

commemorative plaque of Colonel Lieutenant Vaclav Martinek

A commemorative plaque was unveiled near Litvinovice, Czech Republic, on May 4, 2019, to honour Colonel Lieutenant Vaclav Martinek, who fought with the RAF in wartime and who in 1948 became probably the first victim of the communist regime's repressions in the Czechoslovak military. Martinek served as an airfield defence commander with the RAF's 311st Czechoslovak squadron in Britain from April 1942. In late February of 1948, he was dismissed from the Czechoslovak military and committed suicide one day later, a few days after the Communist Party seized power in the country, Jiri Silha, from the military aviation history group, has told CTK. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

commemorative plaque of Colonel Lieutenant Vaclav Martinek

commemorative plaque of Colonel Lieutenant Vaclav Martinek

A commemorative plaque was unveiled near Litvinovice, Czech Republic, on May 4, 2019, to honour Colonel Lieutenant Vaclav Martinek, who fought with the RAF in wartime and who in 1948 became probably the first victim of the communist regime's repressions in the Czechoslovak military. Martinek served as an airfield defence commander with the RAF's 311st Czechoslovak squadron in Britain from April 1942. In late February of 1948, he was dismissed from the Czechoslovak military and committed suicide one day later, a few days after the Communist Party seized power in the country, Jiri Silha, from the military aviation history group, has told CTK. On the photo are seen relatives of Martinek, Ivana Celnarova (left-front) and Martin Kolik (center). On the left side is seen Czech politician Jiri Pospisil. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

commemorative plaque of Colonel Lieutenant Vaclav Martinek

commemorative plaque of Colonel Lieutenant Vaclav Martinek

A commemorative plaque was unveiled near Litvinovice, Czech Republic, on May 4, 2019, to honour Colonel Lieutenant Vaclav Martinek, who fought with the RAF in wartime and who in 1948 became probably the first victim of the communist regime's repressions in the Czechoslovak military. Martinek served as an airfield defence commander with the RAF's 311st Czechoslovak squadron in Britain from April 1942. In late February of 1948, he was dismissed from the Czechoslovak military and committed suicide one day later, a few days after the Communist Party seized power in the country, Jiri Silha, from the military aviation history group, has told CTK. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

commemorative plaque of Colonel Lieutenant Vaclav Martinek

commemorative plaque of Colonel Lieutenant Vaclav Martinek

A commemorative plaque was unveiled near Litvinovice, Czech Republic, on May 4, 2019, to honour Colonel Lieutenant Vaclav Martinek, who fought with the RAF in wartime and who in 1948 became probably the first victim of the communist regime's repressions in the Czechoslovak military. Martinek served as an airfield defence commander with the RAF's 311st Czechoslovak squadron in Britain from April 1942. In late February of 1948, he was dismissed from the Czechoslovak military and committed suicide one day later, a few days after the Communist Party seized power in the country, Jiri Silha, from the military aviation history group, has told CTK. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

commemorative plaque of Colonel Lieutenant Vaclav Martinek, Jeep Willys MB

commemorative plaque of Colonel Lieutenant Vaclav Martinek, Jeep Willys MB

A commemorative plaque was unveiled near Litvinovice, Czech Republic, on May 4, 2019, to honour Colonel Lieutenant Vaclav Martinek, who fought with the RAF in wartime and who in 1948 became probably the first victim of the communist regime's repressions in the Czechoslovak military. Martinek served as an airfield defence commander with the RAF's 311st Czechoslovak squadron in Britain from April 1942. In late February of 1948, he was dismissed from the Czechoslovak military and committed suicide one day later, a few days after the Communist Party seized power in the country, Jiri Silha, from the military aviation history group, has told CTK. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)