Equally unnoticed (almost) in this country was the unveiling in Prague earlier this year (by Nicholas Soames) of a statue commemorating the members of the Czech Republic who escaped the occupation and joined the RAF during the Second World War, returned after the war as heroes and were then mistreated badly by the communist authorities when they took over. On a recent visit our guide specifically took us - a mixed group - to view it, and stated that the present day population knew almost nothing about their exploits, so ruthlessly had the knowledge been supressed.