Word: janousek
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...General Karel Janousek, wartime commander of the Czech air force in Britain, was condemned to death for treason when he tried to flee the country. (The sentence was commuted to 18 years at hard labor.) Seventeen other Czech air force men managed to escape to Britain in a "borrowed" plane...
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