Balkan Air Force
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The Balkan Air Force (BAF) was an Allied air formation operating in the Balkans during World War II. Composed of units of the Royal Air Force and South African Air Force under the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces command, it was active from 7 June 1944 until 15 July 1945. Air Vice Marshal William Elliot and then George Mills, both RAF officers, were its Air Officer Commanding (AOC).
Spitfire Vc's of the Yugoslav-manned No 352 (Y) Squadron RAF before first mission on 18 August 1944, from airport Canne - Italy
Hurricane Mark IV, KZ188 ?C?, of No. 6 Squadron RAF being refuelled, amid other aircraft of the Squadron, on a dispersal at Prkos, Yugoslavia.
A loose formation of Douglas Dakota Mark IIIs of No. 267 Squadron RAF based at Bari, Italy, flying along the Balkan coast.
The RAF evacuating wounded Partisans from Yugoslavia. A wounded female Partisan being carried from one of the transport aircraft on arrival in Italy, 1944.
William Elliot (RAF officer)
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Air Chief Marshal Sir William Elliot, was a senior Royal Air Force commander.
William Elliot as Air Officer Commanding RAF Gibraltar during the Second World War
Air Vice Marshal W Elliot, the former Air Officer Commanding the Balkan Air Force (left), gives the latest information regarding Balkan operations to his successor, Air Vice Marshal George Mills (right) at BAF Headquarters, Bari, Italy, 1945