serviceyears laterwork branch commands death_date death_place birth_place awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
1935 -- 1948 author 22px kingdom 22px soviet air force czechoslovakian air force 22px armée de l'air united 1st czechoslovak independent fighter air regiment 04 october 2006 prague , czech republic donín , austria-hungary * military '' -lrb- Řád bílého lva , vojenská skupina , '' iii . třída czech republic -rrb- order of the white lion 3rd class world war ii 20 august 1912 lieutenant general fajtl.jpg františek fajtl
 františek fajtl
františek fajtl

lieutenant general františek fajtl -lrb- 20 august 1912 -- 4 october 2006 -rrb- was a czech fighter pilot of world war ii .
he was a british royal air force -lrb- raf -rrb- squadron and wing commander and led a group of czechoslovak fighter pilots who formed an air regiment under soviet air force command , supporting the slovak national uprising in 1944 .
he was dismissed from the czechoslovakian air force and was held in prison for 1,5 year without a trial after the communists came to power in 1948 , and was only fully rehabilitated after the velvet revolution in 1989 .
he wrote many autobiographical books about his wartime experiences , and was an inspiration for the 2001 film `` tmavomodrý svět '' -lrb- `` dark blue world '' -rrb- .
