List of World War I flying aces from Hungary information
Catalog of WW1 Hungarian Aces
This list of World War I flying aces from Hungary contains the names of aces from the territory of modern-day Hungary, which formed part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Austria-Hungary was a constitutional union of the Austrian Empire (Cisleithania) and the Kingdom of Hungary (Transleithania) which existed from 1867 to 1918, when it collapsed as a result of defeat in World War I.
Among the Austro-Hungarian aviators were the Hungarian-born aces listed below.
Name
Victories
Notes
József Kiss
19 victories
Hungary's leading ace was the only noncommissioned officer in the Luftfahrtruppen to be commissioned as an officer.[1][2]
Franz Gräser
18 victories
Hungary's second leading ace was an aerial gunner turned self-taught pilot.[3][4]
Stefan Fejes
16 victories[5][6]
Karl Kaszala
8 victories[7][8]
Alexander Tahy
8 victories[9][10]
Johann Risztics
7 victories
Set post-war world aviation records.[11][12]
Johann Frint
6 victories[13][14]
Alexander Kasza
6 victories[15][16]
Julius Busa
5 victories[17][18]
Friedrich Hefty
5 victories[19][20]
Johann Lasi
5 victories[21][22]
Béla Macourek
5 victories
Flew for the Red Air Corps post-war.[23][24]
Rudolf Szepessy-Sokoll
5 victories[25]
Flew first strategic aerial bombing mission in history.[26]
^Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 188.
^O'Connor (1994), pp. 281–282.
^Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), pp. 180–181.
^O'Connor (1994), pp. 283–284.
^Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), pp. 177–178.
^O'Connor (1994), pp. 287–288.
^Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 186.
^O'Connor (1994), p. 301.
^Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), pp. 201–202.
^O'Connor (1994), pp. 304–305.
^Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 197.
^O'Connor (1994), pp. 138, 310.
^Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 180.
^O'Connor (1994), p. 312.
^Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), pp. 185–186.
^O'Connor (1994), p. 313.
^Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 176.
^O'Connor (1994), p. 319.
^Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 183.
^O'Connor (1994), p. 320.
^Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 191.
^O'Connor (1994), p. 324.
^Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 192.
^O'Connor (1994), p. 325.
^Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 201.
^O'Connor (1994), pp. 217, 329.
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