A week later, as he attacked a small ship off the Yugoslav coast, his aircraft was hit and he ditched a mile off the enemy coast.
It could also be assisted by an American naval battle group with the carrier Saratoga and an amphibious group with 1,500 marines off the southern coast of Italy, about 48 hours from the Yugoslav coast.
The squadron used an advanced operating base on the island of Vis and from February 1945, was also able to make use of an advance base on the Yugoslav coast.
Two other American vessels, the cruiser Wainwright and the amphibious assault ship Guam, with 2,200 marines aboard, are also off the Yugoslav coast for surveillance and search-and-rescue duties.
During World War II, Italy occupied large chunks of the Yugoslav coast and created the Governorship of Dalmatia (1941-1943), with three Italian provinces, Zadar, Split and Kotor.
Around the Mediterranean and Europe for part of the time but mainly off the Yugoslav coast.
From an idea acquired from their travels along the Yugoslav coast, they also started offering fresh seafood grilled over a hickory wood fire.
I pointed out that our trip along the Yugoslav coast had taken almost two weeks, without any sign of detriment to my schoolwork.
The Germans have radar installations on some of the outlying islands off the Yugoslav coast.
He flew up the Adriatic Sea and headed inland across the Yugoslav coast to the drop zone at Mitrovica.