AID FOR YUGOSLAVS

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 199, 20 May 1944, Page 7

AID FOR YUGOSLAVS

Increased Air Supplies (British Offiftial Wireless.) *RCGBY, May 18. The landing by air of supplies for the Yugoslav' Partisans has increased with the improving weather. A correspondent at Marshal Tito’s mountain headquatrers describes how, Standing on a wind-swept plain completely ringed by towering mountains, he spent the greater part of last night watching munitions and medical supplies pouring from the skies not 15 miles from the German positions.' For four hours a constant stream of giant transport pianos flew over the mountains to drop nearly 25 tons of vitally needed supplies. This was only one night's activity at. only one of many dropping grounds throughout liberated Yugoslavia. All the planes which came to the dropping ground Inst night were flown by Allied pilots. The goods were mostly British. but this varies almost every night. The service to the Yugoslav army is governed by their own requests. In the past winter British and American pilots have bee.n taking appalling risks to get what supplies they could to the Partisans. B'ut now, as the weather improves, the trickle has grown to a stream, which will soon become a flood to sweep the Germans from the country.