The single-engine S-199 was a product of the Avia Company in Czechoslovakia, which had tooled up to produce Messerschmitt Bf 109s for the German Luftwaffe just as World War II ended. After the war ...

forces during World War II. After the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, occupying Soviet forces equipped the base with armored hangars and other war-ready infrastructure. A city for tens ...

We are sorry, but this content is not available on your device.<br><a href="https:/www.rferl.org">Go back to the homepage</a> Rare photographs from the World War II ...