STIRLINGS FLY CZECHOSLOVAK ORPHANS TO GREAT BRITAIN - 15898. Picture issued 1945 shows - leek Korotnichi, aged 14 years, was an unaccounted for passenger when the names were checked off. He had stowed away in one of the Stirlings at Prague, and was not discovered until arriving in this country. He and his parents were put into a concentration camp for Jews early inthe war. His parents disappeared, and later the Germans sent the boy to work in Kassel. When Liberation Day came, he trekked to his home town, but could find no trace of his family. Hearing of the orphans shortly to be flown t
STIRLINGS FLY CZECHOSLOVAK ORPHANS TO GREAT BRITAIN - 15898. Picture issued 1945 shows - leek Korotnichi, aged 14 years, was an unaccounted for passenger when the names were checked off. He had stowed away in one of the Stirlings at Prague, and was not discovered until arriving in this country. He and his parents were put into a concentration camp for Jews early inthe war. His parents disappeared, and later the Germans sent the boy to work in Kassel. When Liberation Day came, he trekked to his home town, but could find no trace of his family. Hearing of the orphans shortly to be flown to Britain to start a new life, he decided to join them Royal Air Force
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