Halyard Mission
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Halyard Mission was a World War II Allied rescue operation that successfully evacuated hundreds of downed airmen from Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia with the help of local resistance forces.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Halyard Mission canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
World War II operation
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military rescue operation ⓘ |
| aircraftUsed |
C-47 Skytrain
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C-54 Skymaster NERFINISHED ⓘ P-51 Mustang escort fighters ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Halyard Operation
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Operation Halyard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent | Allies of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Republic of Serbia
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United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | memorials in Pranjani, Serbia ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| coordinatedBy |
Office of Strategic Services
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Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Yugoslavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1944-12 ⓘ |
| hasCommander |
Draža Mihailović
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George Musulin NERFINISHED ⓘ Jovan Deroko NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Lalich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedCovertOperations | true ⓘ |
| involvedLocalResistance | true ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Allied aircrew rescue efforts in Europe ⓘ |
| legacy | one of the largest Allied aircrew rescue operations behind enemy lines in World War II ⓘ |
| location | Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheater | Balkan theatre of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
coordination between OSS agents and Chetnik forces
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no Allied airmen were captured during the evacuations ⓘ |
| notableLocation |
Bosnian highlands
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Koceljeva area, Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pranjani, Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRescuedGroup |
Royal Air Force airmen
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United States Army Air Forces airmen GENERATED ⓘ |
| numberOfPeopleRescued |
approximately 512
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over 500 ⓘ |
| objective |
evacuate Allied aircrews from behind enemy lines
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rescue downed Allied airmen ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| organisedBy | 15th Air Force of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | successful evacuation of hundreds of Allied airmen ⓘ |
| riskLevel | high-risk behind-enemy-lines operation ⓘ |
| startTime | 1944-08 ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Yugoslav Chetniks
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Yugoslav royalist resistance NERFINISHED ⓘ local Serbian civilians ⓘ |
| usedInfrastructure |
clandestine landing fields
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improvised airstrips ⓘ |
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Operation Halyard