HUNGARY
Magyarországi Tanácsköztársaság / Hungarian Soviet Republic
Hungarian Border Conflicts - 1919
NAME VICTORIES UNIT COMMENTS Mátyásffy, József 1 Red Hungarian Air Corps 1. Újváry, László 1 8th Red Fighter Squadron Keisz, Géza 1 8th Red Fighter Squadron observer
Comments:
- Vörös Légjárócsapat: Red Hungarian Air Corps
- 8. Vörös Repuloszázad: 8th Red Fighter Squadron
- József Mátyásffy was Josef Kretz during World War I, later he changed his name.
- László Újváry achieved other four confirmed victories during World War I.
Air-to-Air Victories
| Date | Unit | Aircraft | Pilot | Victim | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.06.1919 | Fokker D.VII | Újváry,L. Keisz,G. |
e/a | Rumanian | |
| 15.06.1919 | 8.század | Aviatik D.I (348.46) | Mátyásffy,J. | Breguet XIV | Czechoslovakian |
MAG Fokker D.VII, 8. Vörös Repuloszázad, Hungarian Soviet Republic, Summer 1919.
Sources & Literature
- Brzkovský, Marek - Šafařík, Jan: Žhavé nebe nad Československem, Letecké souboje československých stíhačů nad naším územím 1918–1989, Euromedia Group, a. s. v edici Universum, Praha 2021. ISBN: 978-80-242-7486-7
- Bernád, Dénes: A Roman Kiralyi Legiero elso magyrorszagi hadjarata, Aero Historia magazine, August 1991, Hadtorteneti Muzeum es Kozlekedesi Muzeum, Budapest, Hungary.
- Franks, Norman - Guest Russell - Alegi, Gregory: Above The War Fronts, A Complete Record of 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, Grub Street, London 1997.
- Renner, Stephen: Broken Wings, The Hungarian Air Force, 1918-1945, Indiana University Press, 2016. ISBN 978-0-253-02339-1
- Stach, Robert: Die ungarische Fliegertruppe von 1918 bis 1919, in ÖFH nachrichten, No.2, 2004.
- Tesař, Pert Aharon: 3. vörös repülöszázad, 3. rudý letecký oddíl, in REVI, No.58, 2005.
- Tesař, Petr Aharon: Magyar Tanácsköztársaság Légierö, Letectvo Maďarské republiky rad, in Letectví + kosmonautika Speciál, No. 10 (1/2008).
- Zahálka, Jan - Tesař, Petr Aharon - Skolil, Zdeněk: Aviatik D.I & D.II, JaPo Publications, 2002.
- Gleize, Jean-Paul: Aces, http://www.igleize.fr/aces/homeaces.htm.
- Magnus, Alan: Air Aces Home Page, http://users.accesscomm.ca/magnusfamily/airaces1.htm.
