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Initially flying Italian-supplied Fiat G.50s, the Croat forces suffered heavy losses during 1942 whilst flying alongside JG 52 in the southern sector of the Russian front. Despite this, a significant number of kills fell to future aces such as Cvitan Galic and Mato Dubovak during this time, and when the units re-equipped with Bf 109G-10s in 1943, battle-seasoned Croat pilots started to rack up impressive scores. This book reveals how, by 1944, Croat air groups were defending Yugoslavia from British and American air raids, and in the final months of the war a handful of surviving pilots fought on until final defeat in May 1945.

Table of Contents

With the Royal Yugoslav Air Force
Croatian Air Force Legion (CAL) on the Eastern front
Home Front
Fighting the Partisans (1941-43)
Croatian fighter pilots on Allied side
Aces' biographies
Appendices

Product details

Published Oct 18 2002
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781841764351
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 100 b/w; 40 col
Dimensions 10 x 7 inches
Series Aircraft of the Aces
Short code ACE 49
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Boris Ciglic

Boris Ciglic is a member of the Yugoslav Historica…

Author

Dragan Savic

Dragan Savic has been an associate of the Yugoslav…

Illustrator

John Weal

John Weal is Osprey's primary Luftwaffe author and…

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