List of World War I flying aces from Hungary
{{Short description|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.
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! 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.{{sfnp|Franks|Guest|Alegi|1997|p=188}}{{sfnp|O'Connor|1994|pp=281–282}} |
| Franz Gräser
| 18 victories | Hungary's second leading ace was an aerial gunner turned self-taught pilot.{{sfnp|Franks|Guest|Alegi|1997|pp=180–181}}{{sfnp|O'Connor|1994|pp=283–284}} |
| Stefan Fejes
| 16 victories{{sfnp|Franks|Guest|Alegi|1997|pp=177–178}}{{sfnp|O'Connor|1994|pp=287–288}} | |
| Karl Kaszala
| 8 victories{{sfnp|Franks|Guest|Alegi|1997|p=186}}{{sfnp|O'Connor|1994|p=301}} | |
| Alexander Tahy
| 8 victories{{sfnp|Franks|Guest|Alegi|1997|pp=201–202}}{{sfnp|O'Connor|1994|pp=304–305}} | |
| Johann Risztics
| 7 victories | Set post-war world aviation records.{{sfnp|Franks|Guest|Alegi|1997|p=197}}{{sfnp|O'Connor|1994|pp=138, 310}} |
| Johann Frint
| 6 victories{{sfnp|Franks|Guest|Alegi|1997|p=180}}{{sfnp|O'Connor|1994|p=312}} | |
| Alexander Kasza
| 6 victories{{sfnp|Franks|Guest|Alegi|1997|pp=185–186}}{{sfnp|O'Connor|1994|p=313}} | |
| Julius Busa
| 5 victories{{sfnp|Franks|Guest|Alegi|1997|p=176}}{{sfnp|O'Connor|1994|p=319}} | |
| Friedrich Hefty
| 5 victories{{sfnp|Franks|Guest|Alegi|1997|p=183}}{{sfnp|O'Connor|1994|p=320}} | |
| Johann Lasi
| 5 victories{{sfnp|Franks|Guest|Alegi|1997|p=191}}{{sfnp|O'Connor|1994|p=324}} | |
| Béla Macourek
| 5 victories | Flew for the Red Air Corps post-war.{{sfnp|Franks|Guest|Alegi|1997|p=192}}{{sfnp|O'Connor|1994|p=325}} |
| Rudolf Szepessy-Sokoll
| 5 victories{{sfnp|Franks|Guest|Alegi|1997|p=201}} | Flew first strategic aerial bombing mission in history.{{sfnp|O'Connor|1994|pp=217, 329}} |
See also
{{Portal|Biography|Austria|Hungary|Lists}}
- List of Austrians
- List of Hungarians
- List of World War I flying aces from Austria
- List of World War I flying aces from Austria-Hungary
- Lists of World War I flying aces
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References
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;Bibliography
- {{cite book |first1=Norman |last1=Franks |authorlink1=Norman Franks |first2=Russell F. |last2=Guest |first3=Gregory |last3=Alegi |title=Above the War Fronts: The British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918 |location=London, UK |publisher=Grub Street |year=1997 |isbn=978-1-898697-56-5 |name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite book |first=Martin |last=O'Connor |title=Air Aces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire 1914–1918 |location=Mountain View, California |publisher=Flying Machines Press |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-96371-101-4}}
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