The banner bearer is Viktor Kropš, armourer of the No 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF.
His life would be worth a book as well, especially its dramatic turns after 1948. His squadron was transferred to the Plzeň – Bory air base in 1946. During a military parade held in Plzen in 1945, Viktor met his future wife Jiřina. After the February 1948 Communist coup, they tried to escape the country with the help of a guide but on their way across the Domažlice forests, they were arrested by the border guard. Both Viktor and Jiřina threw themselves at the guardsmen, a fight ensued and Victor even wanted to use his handgun but they were overpowered. Jiřina was sentenced to one year in women's prison and Viktor was held in a long custody, subjected to cruel interrogations and he ended up in the labour camp in the uranium mines of Jáchymov, which permanently damaged his health. Jan helped this family in the hardest times as much as he could and the friendship hardened to almost family bond. When Viktor died only a few years after his release from the health issues caused by imprisonment, Jak was asked to lead his daughter Šárka to the altar as a sort of second father and Jiřina was a second mother to Iveta until her death in 2014.