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Operational Diary - Royal Yugoslav Naval Command H.Q., April 1941

10 April 1941, 09.32 hours.

-One British a/c crash landed in field near Bar. Route Athens - Sarajevo. Aborted landing at Rajlovac (Sarajevo airfield) due to heavy fog. Three man crew (sic)ne badly wounded, one high Greek officer slightly wounded, one uninjured. A/c 60% damaged.

3.Hydroplane Command informed to send a/c for transport of wounded airmen. Mostar and Sarajevo commands informed via radiogram no.242, code “Grad”.


Greek officer (general) from general Alexandre Papagos H.Q. was transported to Sarajevo by army vehicle. On 14 April he was aboard Royal Yugoslav Do-17K that landed in Greece.
His mission was to coordinate action of Yugoslav and Greek army against Italian troops in Albania. He was late because Zetska Division already launched attack against Italians on 6 April.
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