Maj. Gen. Stanislav Hlucka, considered one of the best Czech pilots of World War II, died at age 88 in Prague. Hlucka fled Czechoslovakia when it was occupied by Nazi troops and moved to France to join the Czech army there before moving to Britain to join the Royal Air Force. In 1944, he moved to the Soviet Union to join the 1st Czechoslovak Fighter Squadron.
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