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Operating from a landing strip carved by RAF airmen and Yugoslav Partisans with picks
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Operating from a landing strip carved by RAF airmen and Yugoslav Partisans with picks
Operating from a landing strip carved by RAF airmen and Yugoslav Partisans with picks and shovels out of vineyards among the rocky hill of a. Dalmatian island, Spitfires and Hurricanes of Coastal Air Force are giving Marshal Tito the close air support so vitally needed in his campaign against superior enemy forces.
Pilots of these " Island Commandos" have reported enemy trains blown up, schooners sunk, ferries set on fire and petrol dumps and gun positions destroyed.
They pay high tribute to the RAF ground crews and to the Partisans who keep them constantly in the air.
The Unit is commanded by 21-year old Squadron Leader. A. LeHardy, of Faversham. Kent.
Picture shows: RAF Airmen and Yugoslav partisans seated on the mainplane of a Spitfire. The airmen (in light uniform) are left to right: Warrant Officer T.V. Pigot of Northwich, Cheshire, Flight sergeant E. Ray of Melbourns, Australia, Leading Aircraft-man L. Ash of West Dulwich, London and Leading Aircraft-man J. Garnell of Denton, Manchester.
August 1944
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Dalmatia
Croatia
Media ID 21904401
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Aerial View Air Force Armed Forces Balkans Former Yugoslavia Guerrillas Resistance Royal Air Force
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