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Sgt M. A. Liskutin was either Czech or Slovak, but not Polish
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Miroslav A. Liskutin is still alive and Czech native. Later officer and DFC recipient, after second emigration back to RAF and AFC recipient.
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And a question to our Czech/Slovak colleagues: were there really no Slovak pilots in the Czechoslovak units involved? Or is it just the frequent clerical error of labelling all Czechoslovak personnel as "Czechs"?
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There were realy only a minor of Slovak pilots / airmen in the Czechoslovak units in RAF. One of best known was young Otto Smik DFC, a most successful Czechoslovak fighter in 1943 & 44. There were political reasons to labelling airmen as Czechoslovakian however the truth was different. A number of Slovak airmen served on Easter front against Soviets including one Staffel in JG 52.
Michal