Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei:
I hinga a France ki a Tiamana i te 22 o Hune 1940, he maha nga kaipuke rererangi Czechoslovak i mawhiti "ma te" i nga takutai o te Moana-a-Kiwa o France, o te Moana-a-Kiwa ranei, o French North Africa ranei. I tae atu ratau ki te United Kingdom, i reira i tere te whakaaetanga a Brigadier General Karel Janoušek me te Tari Pakanga o te UK kia uru atu ratou ki te Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR). I te 12 o Hurae 1940 i whakatuhia he Kaitirotiro o te Rererangi o Czechoslovak, me Janoušek hei Kaitirotiro-Tianara me te taumata RAF o Air Commodore.