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] |