Training Mission

BY THE TIME THIS TRAINING SCENE WAS RECORDED in Canne, Italy, in July 1944, Allied Yugoslavian airmen had several years of experience working side by side with the RAF.

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Following the dissolution of the Yugoslav Kingdom in April 1941, surviving members of the country's air force migrated to British protectorates in the Middle East for service against the Axis. Training issues delayed their immediate service to the cause until well into late 1942, with their pilots initially being relegated to ferry service in the North African campaign.

In September 1943 a "B" Flight of No. 94 Squadron RAF, based initially at Bu Amud, Libya, brought Yugoslavian pilots their first combat experience.

Flying Hurricane IIcs and Spitfire V/IXs uniquely decked out with red stars over the British cockades, they operated primarily in the Aegean Sea escort role, later moving to Savoia, Italy, in August 1944.