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The renowned fighter aircraft of Britain’s Royal Air Force in the Second World War — the iconic Spitfire — has appeared on a foreign sales portal. What makes this particular veteran remarkable is its Czech connection. It was flown in RAF service by Pilsen-born pilot Karel Pošta, who even brought the aircraft back to then-Czechoslovakia after the war and later displayed it at air shows.
“This is Karel Pošta’s personal Spitfire, the very one he flew from England to liberated Czechoslovakia and later operated with the 4th Air Regiment,” Michal Krechowski of the Classic Trainers association told the regional paper Plzeňská Drbna.
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Author: Daniela Lazarová