Czech Republic Air Force Read more here: Czech Air Force [SIZE=-1]The Czechoslovak Army Air Force was formed on 29 October 1918, from the small air components of the Czech Legions fighting with Russia and France and from Czech soldiers from the former Austrian army. A French military aviation mission assisted in the formation of the new air arm. [/SIZE] [SIZE=-1] The Army Air Force expanded rapidly to become a large and well equipped force. Any attempt by Germany to seize the 'Sudetenland' by force in 1938 could have been successfully resisted, but instead Czechoslovakia was forced by its 'Allies' to concede one third of it's territory to the Germans. When Germany annexed the remaining territory on 15 March 1939, the armed forces offered no resistance, but large numbers of personnel escaped to join the Polish and French air forces. Czech pilots fought in defence of Poland and in the Battle of France. The survivors escaped to Britain to join the Royal Air Force. Czechoslovak personnel manned numbers 310, 311, 312 and 313 squadrons RAF, and a Czechoslovak Air Regiment in Russia from June 1944. Czech and Slovak pilots also flew extensively in the National Uprising against the Germans in 1945. [/SIZE]
