Forgotten Heroes - Aces of the Royal Hungarian Air Force in WWII (second revised, expanded edition)

[vvkj41]

It seems my friend that you are "hunting" another PhD...
Congratulations!

Aleks

[Stig Jarlevik]

Thanks Csaba

Interesting answer.
Looks like Punka has missed out a couple of aces in 'his' book.

Is the figure of total claims by Hungarians among the 99.8% details which is lost? It would also have been interesting to see a list of all claimed victories by Hungarians during WW 2....

Hopefully you will give us a hint when the English edition gets published.

Cheers
Stig

[Csaba B. Stenge]

Thanks, Aleks (no, I'm not looking for another PhD of History, since I already have one from 10 years ago).

Stig,

my book contains all aces: 34 fighter pilots, plus four others (one former Ju 87, then Fw 190 ground assault pilot, one Ju 88 pilot who scored 5 kills with his crew and two long range reconnaissance pilots, who scored 5 and 8 kills with their crews, respectively)

Due to the extremely high loss percentage of the official documents it is impossible to tell very exact figures of overall claims statistics of the RHAF, since many squadron's documentation is completely lost.

It is a lifelong project to me to try to restore as many details related to the RHAF as possible (for example via collecting individual logbooks from veterans and families all around the world but via many other sources too).

[knusel]

Originally Posted by Csaba B. Stenge

... two long range reconnaissance pilots, who scored 5 and 8 kills with their crews, respectively)....

Good afternoon Csaba,

I'm looking for biographies of aces who were the top-scorers of their plane type. Can you tell me the plane type of the reconnaissance pilots you mentioned ?

I wish you a good New Year's Eve, sincerely,

Michael

[knusel]

...Pajtás László - Ju 88
Németh Endre - He 111
Cseh Lajos - He 111 ?

[Csaba B. Stenge]

Originally Posted by knusel

...Pajtás László - Ju 88
Németh Endre - He 111
Cseh Lajos - He 111 ?

You can find the answers for all of your questions in the deepest possible details in the book. About Szentgyörgyi from pages 74 to 99, about Pajtás (Ca.135 & Ju 88) from pages 395 to 401, about Németh from pages 380 to 387, about Cseh from pages 387 to 394.

[knusel]

Found it at the German amazon.
Your effort will secure that these Heroes will not be forgotten.

I wish you a good start into the new week,

Michael