26.02.2010, 20:55
Some old photos to show my grandchildren some day... 
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Heroes of the skies: Yugoslav detachment
Four B-24 heavy bombers, with crews consisted of dissolved Royal Yugoslav Air Force,
flew as a part of the 15th US Air Force, during the Second World War.
In the year of 1942, 40 candidates were sent to the United States, to train how to fly these heavy bombers, in Ft. Myers base in Florida.
After completed training, the crew requested for permission to fly with RYAF insignias, but the request was denied.
They had to fly with USAAF insignias, but they were allowed to paint a small RYAF emblem on the nose of their planes,
and their trade mark insignia - a skull with crossed bone and propeller. The crews wore US flying uniforms, but they proudly
wore RYAF insignias on their flight hats.
In October 1943, four Yugoslav, sand colored B-24 Liberators, flew into history!
After landing in Tunisia, the crews were assigned to the 512th Squadron, 376th heavy bomber group, 15th US Air Force.
Their assigned numbers were: 20,21,22 and 23.
They flew their first combat mission on 15th of November, 1943.
Side to side with American B-24 crews, they bombed targets in Greece and Bulgaria. During that mission, first Yugoslav
bomber flown by pilot Stanisavljevic Dragisa, No. 22, was shot down by enemy fighter Messerschmitt Bf-109.
At the end of November,the group was transferred to San Pakracio air base, Italy.
During a raid on Messerschmitt factory in Germany, second Yugoslav B-24, No.21, flown by pilot Dusan Milojevic, was shot down by enemy aircrafts.
Third bomber, No.20, tragically collided in mid air with American B-24. One Yugoslav crewman managed to bail out.
The rest of both crews, Yugoslav and American, were killed.
The only remaining Yugoslav bomber, number 23, piloted by Vojislav Skakic, continued to fly until spring 1945.
The pilot ended it
Heroes of the skies: Yugoslav detachment
Four B-24 heavy bombers, with crews consisted of dissolved Royal Yugoslav Air Force,
flew as a part of the 15th US Air Force, during the Second World War.
In the year of 1942, 40 candidates were sent to the United States, to train how to fly these heavy bombers, in Ft. Myers base in Florida.
After completed training, the crew requested for permission to fly with RYAF insignias, but the request was denied.
They had to fly with USAAF insignias, but they were allowed to paint a small RYAF emblem on the nose of their planes,
and their trade mark insignia - a skull with crossed bone and propeller. The crews wore US flying uniforms, but they proudly
wore RYAF insignias on their flight hats.
In October 1943, four Yugoslav, sand colored B-24 Liberators, flew into history!
After landing in Tunisia, the crews were assigned to the 512th Squadron, 376th heavy bomber group, 15th US Air Force.
Their assigned numbers were: 20,21,22 and 23.
They flew their first combat mission on 15th of November, 1943.
Side to side with American B-24 crews, they bombed targets in Greece and Bulgaria. During that mission, first Yugoslav
bomber flown by pilot Stanisavljevic Dragisa, No. 22, was shot down by enemy fighter Messerschmitt Bf-109.
At the end of November,the group was transferred to San Pakracio air base, Italy.
During a raid on Messerschmitt factory in Germany, second Yugoslav B-24, No.21, flown by pilot Dusan Milojevic, was shot down by enemy aircrafts.
Third bomber, No.20, tragically collided in mid air with American B-24. One Yugoslav crewman managed to bail out.
The rest of both crews, Yugoslav and American, were killed.
The only remaining Yugoslav bomber, number 23, piloted by Vojislav Skakic, continued to fly until spring 1945.
The pilot ended it