CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER LAYS WREATH ON THE MONUMENT OF PILOTS KILLED DURING THE APRIL WAR

Belgrade, 6 April 2011 – His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II, accompanied by Prof. Dr Dragoljub Kavran, member of the Crown Council, laid wreath today at the monument of pilots killed in the 1941 April war, near Hotel Yugoslavia on the Zemun quay, that grateful compatriots dedicated to their bravery.

During air fights on that day 6 April 1941, 11 Nazi aircraft were shot down. Pilots of the Royal Air Force showed extraordinary bravery and skills flying Yugoslav made IKA 3 planes.

The laying of wreaths was organized on 70th anniversary of bombing of Belgrade 6 April 1941, the date when the World War II began for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.