Draft:Mirko Lalatovic
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Mirko Lalatović (Strasevina, Montenegro, 1904 — Jasenovac, Independent State of Croatia, 1945) was a military pilot, major in the Yugoslav Army and head of the Second Department of the Operational Department of the Supreme Command of the Royal Yugoslav Army at Home.
Biography
[edit]Mirko Lalatović was born in 1904 in the suburban settlement of Straševina, near Nikšić, Montenegro.
Lalatović graduated from military schools and was a military pilot. He held the rank of General Staff Aviation Major of the Royal Yugoslav Army. He served in the operational department of the General Staff of the Air Force of the Army of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. During the April War, in 1941, a few days before the capitulation, he escaped by flying his plane to Greece.[1] In mid-1941, he was transferred to the Allied Command in North Africa.
Together with Major Zaharije Ostojić,[2] he was part of the first Allied military mission in Yugoslavia, led by Major Bill Hudson (British Army officer), which landed near Petrovac on 21 September 1941. He then joined Draža Mihailović's headquarters at Ravna Gora.
During the spring of 1942, he was in charge of radio communications with foreign countries.
At the end of March 1945, he joined the commanders who had abandoned Dragoljub Mihailović[3][4][5] and with them set out to break through to the west, towards the Allies. His and Ostojić's groups were disarmed by the Ustashi at the Battle of Lijevče Field and then taken to Jasenovac concentration camp.
Together with Major Zaharije Ostojić, he was killed in Jasenovac, sometime at the end of April 1945.
References
[edit]- ^ A Call to Service: An engrossing, powerful and heart-breaking WW2 novel. Hera books. 14 March 2024. ISBN 978-1-80436-389-8.
- ^ Tito. Philosophical Library. 1950. ISBN 978-0-598-54479-7.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - ^ Operation Air Bridge: Serbian Chetniks and the Rescued American Airmen in World War II. Serbian Master's Society. 2002. ISBN 978-86-82235-12-5.
- ^ Serbian Literary Magazine. Serbian Writers Association, International October Meeting of Writers, Yugoslav Authors Agency--Serbian Department, and Serbian P.E.N. Centre. 1997.
- ^ https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=227329pages 115-175