YUGOSLAV PILOTS
DEBUT AGAINST LUFTWAFFE. IN AMERICAN AEROPLANES. PART IN RAID ON GREECE. (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright.) (Rec. 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 'l6. One of the features of the air activities yesterday was the debut of Yugoslav pilots against the Luftwaffe in Liberators given them by the United States Government. With American fighters they flew to Eleusis aerodrome (Athens) in the first raid by heavy bombers on Greece for some time. Some of the Yugoslav pilots had ferried the planes to Cairo after receiving them from Mr Roosevelt. — British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 64, Issue 32, 17 November 1943, Page 4
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