Spitfire Vc's of the Yugoslav-manned No 352 (Y) Squadron RAF before first mission on 18 August 1944, from airport Canne - Italy
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The Balkan Air Force (BAF) was an Allied air formation operating in the Balkans during World War II. Composed of units of the Royal Air Force and South African Air Force under the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces command, it was active from 7 June 1944 until 15 July 1945. Air Vice Marshal William Elliot and then George Mills, both RAF officers, were its Air Officer Commanding (AOC).
The BAF operated mainly over Yugoslavia, supporting the Partisans against Germany and its allies, but occasionally supporting the Greek and Albanian resistance movements also.
The BalkanAirForce (BAF) was an Allied air formation operating in the Balkans during World War II. Composed of units of the Royal AirForce and South...
partisan army included air units trained and equipped by Britain (with Supermarine Spitfires and Hawker Hurricanes, see BalkanAirForce) and the Soviet Union...
Independent State of Croatia Croatian Air Force Legion Yugoslav Partisan AirForceBalkanAirForce Yugoslav AirForce "OSRH - Glavna". "Odluka o izmjeni i...
The Desert AirForce (DAF), also known chronologically as Air Headquarters Western Desert, Air Headquarters Libya, the Western Desert AirForce, and the...
by the Partizanska Eskadrila NOVJ and RAF squadrons 351 and 352 (the RAF BalkanAirForce, 1942–1945) Cocardes du monde entier – Roundels of the World...
This date is regarded as the official founding of the Serbian AirForce. The First Balkan War broke out in October 1912; Montenegro, Bulgaria, Greece,...
The Sixteenth AirForce (Air Forces Cyber) (16 AF) is a United States AirForce (USAF) organization responsible for information warfare, which encompasses...
States Army Air Force (USAAF) and Royal Air Force (RAF), including the BalkanAirForce (BAF), between 1941 and 1945, during which period the entire country...
Fifteenth AirForce (15 AF) is a numbered airforce of the United States AirForce'sAir Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Shaw AirForce Base....
The German AirForce (German: Luftwaffe, lit. 'air weapon or air arm', German pronunciation: [ˈlʊftvafə] ) is the aerial warfare branch of the Bundeswehr...
African AirForce (SAAF) is the air warfare branch of South African National Defence Force, with its headquarters in Pretoria. The South African AirForce was...
Hellenic AirForce (HAF; Greek: Πολεμική Αεροπορία, romanized: Polemikí Aeroporía, lit. 'Military Aviation', sometimes abbreviated as ΠΑ) is the airforce of...
Italian AirForce (Italian: Aeronautica Militare; AM, lit. 'military aeronautics') is the airforce of the Italian Republic. The Italian AirForce was founded...
Lieut. R.T. Joyner, Lieut. N.K. McCallum, and Lieut. A.C. Villiers) to BalkanAirForce on 9 December 1944, flying Spitfire V's on loan from No. 318 (Polish)...
in its inventory, becoming the largest airforce in the Balkans and the Middle East. The growing inventory of air brigades required another structural change...
recognition as the legitimate national liberation force by the Allies, who subsequently set up the RAF BalkanAirForce (under the influence and suggestion of Brigadier-General...
airstrip about 750 yd (690 m) long, from which four Spitfires of the BalkanAirForce were operating. At the west end of the island was the Port of Komiža...
tactical superiority into complete air supremacy—to totally defeat the enemy airforce and obtain control of its air space. This could be done directly...
operations component of the United States Air Force. An AirForce major command (MAJCOM), AFSOC is also the U.S. AirForce component command to United States Special...
The Romanian AirForce (RoAF) (Romanian: Forțele Aeriene Române) is the airforce branch of the Romanian Armed Forces. It has an airforce headquarters...
The Balkans (/ˈbɔːlkənz/ BAWL-kənz), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical...
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