Jan Svoboda
Ян Свобода
1918 – 1990
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Pilot Officer Jan Svoboda escaped Czechoslovakia after the German occupation and made his way to Britain via Poland and France. He flew Wellington bombers with the Czechoslovak squadron on anti-submarine patrols over the Atlantic and bombing missions over Germany. After the communist takeover of Czechoslovakia in 1948, he could not return home and settled in Liverpool, where he joined a thriving community of Czech and Slovak exiles. He did not see his homeland again until the Velvet Revolution in 1989.
Awards & Decorations
- Distinguished Flying Cross
- 1939-1945 Star
- War Medal 1939-1945
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