In 2024, the Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, accompanied by the Czech Ambassador to the United Kingdom, presented the Royal Air Force Club with the heraldic badges of 310, 311, and 313 (Czechoslovak) Squadrons, which were hitherto absent from the Club's collection.

At the invitation of the British Defence Attaché to the Czech Republic, Group Captain Jim Beldon MBE, Chair of the RAF Club’s Arts and Heritage Committee, represented both the Royal Air Force (with Air Marshal Ian Gale CB CBE) and the Club at a rededication ceremony for the Winged Lion Memorial in Prague on 6 June 2025 — the anniversary of D-Day.

Originally unveiled a decade earlier, the memorial honours the courage and sacrifice of the Czechoslovak men and women who served with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. As part of a major refurbishment, the monument now features the badges of all four wartime Czechoslovak RAF squadrons — 310, 311, 312, and 313 — as well as that of No. 68 (Nightfighter) Squadron, a regular RAF unit whose C Flight was predominantly crewed by Czechoslovak pilots and observers.

Following the rededication, Group Captain Jim Beldon addressed a reception at the Military History Institute, reflecting on the heroism of Czechoslovak aircrew who served with distinction in Fighter, Bomber, and Coastal Commands. Of the 2,500 who served, 511 made the ultimate sacrifice. Quoting Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s address at Runnymede in October 1953, he remarked:

“As only free men can, they knew the value of that for which they fought, and that the price was worth paying.”