| |
| | The Royal Air Force - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | This Time Line traces the history of aviation and the Royal Air Force in detail during 1944, documenting the major events in the development of flight and the service during this period. |
 | | 22 Aug 1944 - The Balkan Air Force organises the evacuation of 1,059 wounded Yugoslav partisans from Polje, in the Serbian region of Yugoslavia to Italy by RAF, USAAF and Russian aircraft. |
 | | During the morning of 17 Sep, some 3,887 Allied aircraft, including 1,053 Dakota transports and 500 gliders towed by Stirling and Halifax bombers, were involved in supporting or airdropping 35,000 men behind enemy lines in three areas; Arnhem to the North, Eindhoven some 65 miles further south and Nijmegen in the centre. |
| www.raf.mod.uk /history/line1944.html (1622 words) |
|