Soldier of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Serbia, Russia and Czechoslovakia. Legionnaire, general, prisoner and victim of the Gestapo.
Czechoslovak military pilot, fighter against Nazism in the ranks of the French Air Force, RAF and 1st Czechoslovak Mixed Air Division in the USSR. During the Battle of France he participated in the shooting down of five Luftwaffe aircraft for sure and another three probably. After the Communist takeover in 1948 he was placed out of service and, fearing imminent persecution, went into exile with his family, where he adopted the new name John Kent. He was a recipient of two Czechoslovak War Crosses, the Czechoslovak Medal for Valour, the Czechoslovak Medal for Merit, the SNP Order of the First Class, the French Croix de Guerre with two palms and two silver stars, the Legion of Honour and the Romanian Order of the Corona Romana.
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