<p>Winged Lion statue, below the atatue a plaque states, " He fights for freedom, one of freedom's sons, lone in his aery sphere of blue and bronze."
</p><p>Dedicated to the 2,500 Czech and Slovak airmen who fought in Britain's Royal Air Force. The monument, called the Winged Lion, is a gift from Prague's British expatriate community in gratitude for the airmen's contribution during World War Two.
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Some 2,460 Czechs and Slovaks joined up; 1,336 of them served as air crew. A total of 493 lost their lives in combat or training.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/22490717@N02">Dennis Jarvis</a> from Halifax, Canada
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/archer10/32636145430/">Czech-03623 - Winged Lion</a>