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Against Hitler's Luftwaffe in the Balkans : The Royal Yugoslav Air Force at War in 1941 by Djordje I Nikolić; Ognjan M Petrović is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The full story of the service and combats missions of 220 Yugoslav aviators in early 1941.Immediately following the end of the First World War, the air force of the newly-formed Southern Slav State, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, was forced to rely mainly on war-time Serbian Air Service aircraft and material left after the withdrawal of the French Armée de l’Air from the Balkans in 1919/1920. This equipment was supported by the addition of French war surplus stocks which started arriving in 1921.In 1929 the monarchy changed its name to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Then, from 1930, the official name of the air service branch its military was changed to what is commonly known in the West as the Royal Yugoslav Air Force (RYAF). The obsolete First World War aircraft were replaced from 1925 onwards by stop-gap solutions purchased mainly from France, some from the Czechoslovakian Republic as well as from the first domestic factories.From...About the Author: OGNJAN PETROVIĆ was born in Kruševac, Serbia. He graduated in mechanical engineering and has worked for 30 years at the Development bureau of the ‘Process equipment’ factory in Kruševac at various design related activities.

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Author

Djordje I Nikolić; Ognjan M Petrović

Publisher

Air World, Pen & Sword Books

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9781399089005

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Military History, Humanities