[space-c]

>Thank you for posting this...It was an amazing raid.... And
>we did pay dearly...Let us not forget the Serb underground
>that saved many of our men to...

Amen for the underground, my Grandfather was one of the people that was shot down on a raid over Ploesti, and rescued by the Serb underground.

Some info about it is here:

Felman was not my grandfather, but he was one of his fellow airmen on their plane, the "Never a Dull Moment".

http://www.suc.org/culture/history/wwii/felman.html?Suc_Session=ee43dde18a6b3f2af18b8df2dc423b8f

A pretty detailed accout of what they faced:
http://www.suc.org/culture/history/Draza_Mihailovich/rescue.html

And an account of the rescue mission:
http://www.pogledi.co.yu/english/pranjani.php

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for the links space-c. I thank you grandfather for his service.

[cetnickiunuk]

One of the other crewman (Thomas Lovett) passed away after bailing out from the crippled plane (Never a Dull Moment). The Serbian underground not only picked up the survivors, but also provided Lovett with a proper Christian burial among several hundred locals, Royal Yugoslav military and USAAC personnel. A YouTube video about the underground leader (Gen Mihailovich) has a picture of the funeral.