YUGOSLAVIA
(National Liberation Army of Yugoslavia)

World War II

NAME                         COMFIRMED  PROBABLE    GROUND        UNIT

Fabijanić, Šime               1 [0+1]       -          -          Prva (lovačka) eskadrila NOVJ
Kovačić, Mirko                1 [0+1]       -          -          Prva (lovačka) eskadrila NOVJ
Lošić, Ahmed Alia             1 [0+1]       -          -          Prva (lovačka) eskadrila NOVJ
Šoić, Hinko                   1 [0+1]       -          -          Prva (lovačka) eskadrila NOVJ
Delić, M.                     -             1 [0+1]    -          Prva (lovačka) eskadrila NOVJ
Rugi, L.                      -             1 [0+1]    -          Prva (lovačka) eskadrila NOVJ
unknown                       -             -          -          Prva (lovačka) eskadrila NOVJ

    

Sqd/L Hinko Šoić


Šoić's medals and decorations (from left to right):
Order of the Partisan Star 3^rd class (Orden partizanske zvijezde III. reda, No. 2596), Order for Bravery (Orden za hrabrost, No. 68319), Order of Merits for the People 3^rd class (Orden zasluga na narod III. reda, No. 19184), British War Medal and British decoration Italian Star.


Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc Trop, BR130, 'D', pilot Ahmed Alia Lošić,
Prva (lovačka) eskadrila NOVJ / RAF 352nd Squadron.


Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc Trop, MH592, 'G', pilot Hinko Šoić,
Prva (lovačka) eskadrila NOVJ / RAF 352nd Squadron.


Spitfires before first mission on August 18, 1944, from airport Canne - Italy


Work on Spitfire with unusual combination of NOVJ insignia and UK flag on tail, winter 1944/45 Vis airport.


Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc, No. 352 (Yugoslav) squadron.


Armourers of No 352 Squadron BAF prepare Spitfire JK544/M for its first combat mission with the squadron. arming its cannons on August 18, 1944.


The No 352 Sqn Spitfire Mk.Vc (JG932/L) returning from squadron's first mission on August 18, 1944.

Victories of the Fighter Pilots During Spanish Civil War & World War II     

1. Ciglić, Boris: No 351 et No 352 (Y) Squadrons: les partisans de la Royal Air Force, 1^re partie, in Avions, № 219, Septembre - Octobre 2017.
2. Ciglić, Boris: No 351 et No 352 (Y) Squadrons: les partisans de la Royal Air Force, Deuxième et dernière partie, in Avions, № 220, Octobre - Décembre 2017.
3. Ciglic, B. - Slavic, D.: Croatian Aces of World War 2, Aircraft of the Aces 49, Osprey Aerospace, London 2002.
4. Jelavić, Tino: No. 352 (Y) R.A.F. Squadron, Nova Gradiška, 2003.
5. Kolář, Ondřej: Titovi muži v RAF, 351. a 352. peruť Královského letectva, in Válka revue, No. 12, 2018.
6. Olynyk, Frank J.: Royal Air Force 300 Series Squadrons Credits for the Destruction of Enemy Aircraft in Air-to-Air Combat World War 2, Victory List No. 8, Published by the Author, Aurora, June 1990.
7. Pilař, Pavel: Titovo válečné letectvo, part one, in Historie a plastikové modelářství, No. 12, 1997.
8. Pilař, Pavel: Titovo válečné letectvo, part two, in Historie a plastikové modelářství, No. 1, 1998.
9. Šnajdr, Miroslav: Spitfire Mk.V, 3. díl, Aero No. 26, Jakab Publishing s.r.o., Bučovice 2016.
10. Šnajdr, Miroslav: Titova letecká podpora, in extra Válka, II. světová, No. 3, 2022.