List of World War I flying aces from Hungary

Top ace József Kiss

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]

See also

• 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

References

Notes

1. Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 188.
2. O'Connor (1994), pp. 281–282.
3. Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), pp. 180–181.
4. O'Connor (1994), pp. 283–284.
5. Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), pp. 177–178.
6. O'Connor (1994), pp. 287–288.
7. Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 186.
8. O'Connor (1994), p. 301.
9. Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), pp. 201–202.
10. O'Connor (1994), pp. 304–305.
11. Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 197.
12. O'Connor (1994), pp. 138, 310.
13. Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 180.
14. O'Connor (1994), p. 312.
15. Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), pp. 185–186.
16. O'Connor (1994), p. 313.
17. Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 176.
18. O'Connor (1994), p. 319.
19. Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 183.
20. O'Connor (1994), p. 320.
21. Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 191.
22. O'Connor (1994), p. 324.
23. Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 192.
24. O'Connor (1994), p. 325.
25. Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 201.
26. O'Connor (1994), pp. 217, 329.

Bibliography

• Franks, Norman; Guest, Russell F. & Alegi, Gregory (1997). 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. London, UK: Grub Street. ISBN 978-1-898697-56-5.
• O'Connor, Martin (1994). Air Aces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire 1914–1918. Mountain View, California: Flying Machines Press. ISBN 978-0-96371-101-4.