Following WW2, the Messerschmitt Bf 109G was used and produced in Czechoslovakia as the “Mezek” and the Me 262 as the “Turbina”. The acquisition, production and service of these aircraft in the Czechoslovak Air Force is described and illustrated in detail. Many unpublished photos and colour profiles

The 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen was a German mountain infantry division of the Waffen-SS, the armed wing of the German Nazi Party that served alongside but was never formally part of the Wehrmacht during World War II.

In September 1946, the Union of Pilots of the Czechoslovak Republic held an International Air Show at Prague-Ruzyně airport. Redolent of the country’s splendid pre-war Military Air Days, the 1946 show attracted more than half a million visitors, while military aircraft from Britain, France and the USA joined local civilian...