The King’s escape
This poor, but interesting picture show the arrival at Paramythia, a Greek airfield at this day, 14 April 1941, still in British hands, of Peter King of the Yugoslavs, escaped from his country, invaded by German and Italian troops, on board of a Yugoslav Air Force’s Savoia-Marchetti S.79K. The plane, “White 12” of Yugoslav Air Force’s 7 Puk, of the young King (18 yeas) landed at Paramythia, base of No 211 Squadron RAF, escorted by a Dornier Do 17K of Yugoslav Air Force’s 209 Eskadrila. Ironically, the planes employed for the escape of the King of Yugoslavs was built by the Yugoslav’s enemies: Italy for the S.79, Germany for the Do 17. On board of the same S.79K, Peter left Paramythia for Menidi, Egypt, escorted by a 211 SQN’s aircraft. From Egypt the King reached the Great Britain. The S.79K remained in Egypt and his final fate is unknown. Victor Sierra
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/other-forces/45453/the-king's-escape