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Veljko Ražnatović

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Veljko Ražnatović
Born1920
Rijeka Crnojevića, Kingdom of SCS
Died1986 (aged 66)
Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
AllegianceSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia
Service/branchYugoslav Air Force Yugoslav Air Force
RankColonel
Battles/warsWorld War II in Yugoslavia

Veljko Ražnatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Вељко Ражнатовић; 1920–1986) was a Montenegrin Colonel with the Yugoslav Air Force. He is notable for being the father of Željko Arkan Ražnatović.[1]

Career

He was commissar of the 37th Aviation Division until 1953.[2]

Personal life

He was married to Slavka Josifović (1925–2012) with whom he had three daughters named Mirjana, Jasna and Biljana and a son Željko (1952–2000).[3]

References

  1. ^ Milikić, Miloš Mido. Za naše nebo — Monografija prve klase letača Vazduhoplovnog učilišta 1945-1947. Belgrade 1995.
  2. ^ Dimitrijević, Bojan. Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992. Belgrade, 2006, p. 354.
  3. ^ "Internet Svedok - 916". Svedok.rs. Retrieved 16 January 2018.