General Imrich Gablech passed away on December 16, 2016 at the age of 101. Gablech joined the RAF in 1941 and flew with the 312th Czechoslovak Squadron. Like many Czechoslovak pilots who flew with the RAF, he was persecuted by the communist regime and forced into manual labor after he returned home after the war.
Please click the link below to the Memory of Nations (“Pamet Naroda”) website to read more about his amazing story.
http://www.pametnaroda.cz/witness/index/id/1238