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Czech L-39 painted up in Spitfire colours


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I'm looking forward to seeing that one "In the flesh" at the base open day at Čáslav this Saturday.

 

Hopefully, I can get some good pictures of it despite the fact that rain is forcast all day.

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The L-159 was painted specifically to mimic the markings of a Spitfire Vb flown by General František Peřina. A Czechoslovak pilot who served in both the French air force and RAF during WWII and was in his later years named a patron of 212 Squadron, the unit that flies the L-159.

 

The man was quite a story:

 

https://fcafa.com/2011/01/29/frantisek-perina/

 

If you scroll down to the comments section, there's a ton of other good links to follow for more details on him and some quite enlightening details about the Munich Agreement.

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It looks great in that scheme. They have just finished refurbishing Frantisek Hekl's spitfire which crashed into Loch Doon near where I live in 1941. Massive respect for the Czech's from WWII and this L-39 is nice to see especially at this time. Thanks for posting this

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