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Military Air Bases and Airfields
This page gives details of the air bases and airfields which were used by the Yugoslav Air Force or Serbian Air Force before World War 2.
Banja Luka (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
The second largest town in Bosnia & Hercegovina. For airfield see ?
Belgrade (Serbia)
Belgrade Airport. Located 18 km (11 miles) from Belgrade. Used in April 1941.
Bela Crkva (Serbia)
Located east of Belgrade, very close to the Romanian border. Air Base No.31 in 1937.
Bihac (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
Located west of Banja Luka.
Bjeljina (Serbia)
Located 60 miles west of Belgrade. Home of the 62. (Bomber) Grupa and Headquarters of 61. (Bomber) Grupa in April 1941.
Bojnik (Serbia)
Located near Leskovac, 10 miles from Kosancic. Reserve airfield. Home of 33 and 34 Fighter Grupa in April 1941.
Bosanski Aleksandrovac (Croatia)
Located near Banja Luka. Home of 33. and 34. (Fighter) Grupa in April 1941.
Brege (Croatia)
Also spelled Brega. Located near Brezice, 22 miles northwest of Zagreb. Home of the 6. VIGrupa of Army Aviation in April 1941.
Brnik (Slovenia)
Also known as Ljubljana Airport. Located north of Ljubljana.
Butmir (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
Located just west of Sarajevo. The main military airfield for Sarajevo.
Cerklje (Slovenia)
Located in western Slovenia. Home of the 6. VIGrupa of Army Aviation in April 1941.
Davidovac (Serbia)
Located in the Morava valley, 45 miles from the Bulgarian border. Home of the 201. and 202. Eskadrila of 61. (Bomber) Grupa in April 1941.
Djakovo (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
Located between Brod and Vukovar. Used in April 1941. (Some sources report this airfield in Slovenia).
Gorobilje (Serbia)
Located near Uzicka Pozega. Home of the 67. (Bomber) Grupa in April 1941.
Jasenica (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
Also spelled Jesenice. Located just north of Mostar. Home of the Samostalna Izvidjacka Eskadrila of Army Aviation in April 1941.
Jugovicevo (Serbia)
Located near Novi Sad.
Klemak (Serbia?)
Location not known.
Knic (Serbia)
Home of 52. (Fighter) Grupa and headquarters of 31. (Fighter) Grupa in April 1941.
Konjar (Macedonia)
Located near Prilep. Temporary fighter base in November 1940.
Kosancic (Serbia)
Located near Leskovac. Home of the 35. (Fighter) Grupa in April 1941.
Kraljevo (Serbia)
Located south of Belgrade and due east of Sarajevo. Built in the 1930s. Air Base No.32 in 1937. Headquarters of the 2. (Fighter) Puk in April 1941.
Lazarevac (Serbia)
Located 25 miles south of Zemun, about 30 km from Belgrade. Home of 201 Training Grupa in April 1941.
Ljesnica (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
Home of 701 Esk VZ in April 1941.
Ljubic (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
Located near Cacak. Headquarters of 4. Brigada and home of the 705. Eskadrila VZ in April 1941
Ljubljana (Slovenia)
The Slovenian capital city. For airfield see Brnik.
Majur (Croatia)
Located near Sabac, 22 miles south of Veliki Radinci. Used in April 1941.
Mostar-Kosor (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
Located in Hercegovina, south west of Sarajevo. Built in the 1930s. Home of the Independent Fighter Eskadrila in April 1941.
Mostar-Ortijes (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
Located in Hercegovina, south west of Sarajevo. Built in the 1930s. Air Base No.7 in 1937. Headquarters of the 7. (Bomber) Puk and 81. (Bomber) Grupa in April 1941.
Niksic (Montenegro)
Located northwest of Podgorica. Also known as Kapino Polje airfield.
Nis (Serbia)
Also spelled Nish. Located in South eastern Serbia, south east of Belgrade, towards the Bulgarian border. Air Base No.5 from 1937. Headquarters of 5. (Fighter) Puk and home of 754. Eskadrila in April 1941.
Nova Topola (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
Location ? Headquarters of 2. Brigada and home of the 703. Eskadrila VZ in April 1941.
Novi Sad (Serbia)
First built in the 1920s. Located north west of Belgrade. Air Base No.1 from 1937. Headquarters of 1. (Bomber) Puk in April 1941.
Obilic (Serbia)
Located near Pristina. Home of the 208. and 210. Eskadrila of 64. (Bomber) Grupa in April 1941.
Pancevo (Serbia)
Located just north east of Belgrade. Air Base No.9 in 1937.
Petrovac (Macedonia)
Also spelled Petrovec. Located north of and close to Skopje. Built in the 1930s. Home to the 63. (Bomber) Grupa and headquarters of 64. (Bomber) Grupa in April 1941.
Pleso (Croatia)
Located just south east of Zagreb. Also called Velika Gorica.
Podgorica (Montenegro)
Capital city of Montenegro. For airfield see Golubovci. Used in April 1941
Preljina (Serbia)
Located near Cacak. Home of the 66. (Bomber) Grupa in April 1941.
Prijedor (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
Located west of Banja Luka. Used in April 1941.
Pristina-Stubol (Serbia)
Located near Urosevac in Kosovo. Home of the 209. Eskadrila of 64. (Bomber) Grupa and 704. Eskadrila VZ in April 1941.
Prnjavor (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
Home of the 32. (Fighter) Grupa in April 1941.
Rajlovac (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
Located north-west of and close to Sarajevo, the Bosnia and Herzegovina capital. Air Base No.2 from 1937.
Rezanovacka Kosa (Serbia)
Located near Kumanovo. Home of the 36. (Fighter) Grupa in April 1941.
Rovine (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
Located in the Banja Luka area of western Bosnia. Home of the 68. and 69. (Bomber) Grupa in April 1941.
Ruma (Serbia)
A small town about 50 km west from Belgrade. Home of the 1. VIGrupa of Army Aviation in April 1941.
Sarajevo (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
Also known as Rajlovac. Built in the 1930s. Airport located south west and close to Sarajevo.
Skoplje (Macedonia)
Capital city of Macedonia. Air Base No.3 from 1937. Headquarters of 3. (Bomber) Puk in April 1941. For airfield see Petrovac.
Smederevska Palanka (Serbia)
Home of the 7. VIGrupa of Army Aviation in April 1941. Located in central Serbia.
Sokolac (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
Located north east of Sarajevo, between Sarajevo and Srebrenica. Used in April 1941.
Sorlince (Serbia)
Near Leskovac. Home of the 2. VIGrupa of Army Aviation in April 1941.
Srem (?)
Located ? Used in April 1941. Srem is actually the name of a region, but 'Air War for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete' p.222 refers to it as if it were a specific location.
Staro Topolje (Croatia)
Located near Djakovo. Home of the 3. VIGrupa of Army Aviation in April 1941.
Susicko Polje (Serbia)
Home of 31. (Fighter) Grupa in April 1941.
Tetovo (Macedonia)
Home of the 5. VIGrupa of Army Aviation in April 1941.
Trebinje (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
Located in the south east of Bosnia & Hercegovina, north east of Dubrovnik. Used as a trainer base in April 1941?
Trupalsko Polje (Serbia)
Located ? Home of Serb Army aviation 1912-1915.
Valjevo (Serbia)
Located south west of Belgrade, due south of Novi Sad, mid-way between Srebrenica and Belgrade. Home of the 3. Trenazna Skola.
Velika Gorica (Croatia)
Near Kurilovac, just south of Zagreb. See also Pleso. Home of the 4. VIGrupa of Army Aviation in April 1941.
Veliki Radinci (Serbia)
Veliki Radinci was a reserve airfield to Zemun airfield, the main base of air units defending Belgrade. Located 45 miles northwest of Belgrade. A village on Fruska Gora Mountain, Srem, between Ruma and Sremska Mitrovica. Headquarters of the 11. (Independent LR Recce) Grupa in April 1941.
Zagreb (Croatia)
Built in the 1930s. Near capital of Croatia. Not clear if this is Pleso or Lucko. Air Base No.4 from 1937. Headquarters of 4. (Fighter) Puk and 8. (Bomber) Puk in April 1941.
Zemun (Serbia)
Beograd-Zemun/Belgrade-Zemun. Zemun is located just north west of Belgrade. Zemun airfield was named "Dojno Polje". It was the first Belgrade airfield, for both civil and military purposes. Located very close to the built-up area of Belgrade. Air Base No.6 in 1937. Headquarters of 1. Brigada and 6. (Fighter) Puk. Home of 51. (Fighter) Grupa and 702. Eskadrila VZ in April 1941