Operation Halyard, also known as the Halyard Mission, was an Allied airlift operation behind enemy lines during World War II. 513 Allied airmen who had been downed over the German-occupied Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia and parts of the Nazi collaborator Independent State of Croatia were rescued by Serbian Chetniks, and airlifted out by the United States Fifteenth Air Force. According to statistics compiled by the US Air Force Air Crew Rescue Unit, between 1 January and 15 October 1944, a total of 1,152 American airmen were airlifted from Yugoslavia, 795 with the assistance of the Yugoslav Partisans and 356 with the help of the Serbian Chetniks.
Read more about Operation Halyard: Rescue of American Airmen, Airstrip Construction, Ground Combat, Departure of Chetnik Political Mission, The Number of Rescued Airmen, Members of The Halyard Mission, Mission, Commemoration
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