Austria-Hungary's dual kingdoms contained a melange of nationalities. Although the aces of the Luftfahrtruppen owed their military allegiance to the Empire, they came from various of the ethnic groups within the Empire. Despite the Austro-Hungarian policy of Magyarization, many citizens of the Austro-Hungarian Empire clung to their ethnic identities. The breakup of the Empire post World War I later saw the formation of independent nations from some of these ethnic groups.
Flying Aces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Name | Victories | Birthplace | Nation | Notes |
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Godwin Brumowski | 35 | Wadowice | Galicia (present day Poland) | Leading Polish ace and leading Austro-Hungarian ace of the war[1] |
Julius Arigi | 32 | Děčín | Kingdom of Bohemia (present day Czech Republic) | Leading Czech ace of the war[2] |
Benno Fiala von Fernbrugg | 28 | Vienna | Austria | Leading Austrian ace of the war[3] |
Frank Linke-Crawford | 27 | Kraków | Galicia (present day Poland)[4] | |
József Kiss | 19 | Pozsony | Hungary (present day Slovakia) | Leading Hungarian ace of the war[5] |
Ferenc Gräser | 18 | Nyírmada | Hungary | |
Eugen Bönsch | 16 | cs | Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic)[6] | |
István Fejes | 16 | Győr | Hungary[7] | |
Ernst Strohschneider | 15 | Ústí nad Labem | Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic)[8] | |
Adolf Heyrowsky | 12 | Murau | Austria[9] | |
Kurt Gruber | 11 | Linz | Austria[10] | |
Franz Rudorfer | 11 | Vienna | Austria[11] | |
Miroslav Navratil | 10 | Sarajevo | present day Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sole ace from Bosnia and Herzegovina[12] |
Raoul Stojsavljevic | 10 | Innsbruck | Austria[13] | |
Gottfried Freiherr von Banfield | 9 | Castelnuovo (now Herceg Novi) | present day Montenegro | The only Montenegran ace[14] |
Otto Jindra | 9 | Chlumec nad Cidlinou | Czech Republic[15] | |
Georg Kenzian | 9 | Linz | Austria[16] | |
Ferdinánd Udvardy | 9 | Pozsony | present day Slovakia[17] | |
Károly Kaszala | 8 | Nyitra | Hungary (now Slovakia)[18] | |
Heinrich Kostrba | 8 | Prague | Czech Republic[19] | |
Sándor Tahy | 8 | Nyíregyháza | Hungary[20] | |
Josef Friedrich | 7 | Zwickau | present day Czech Republic[21] | |
Ludwig Hautzmayer | 7 | Fürstenfeld | Austria[22] | |
Otto Jäger | 7 | Asch | Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic)[23] | |
József Maier Modory | 7 | Pozsony (now Bratislava) | Hungary,(now Slovakia)[24] | |
János Risztics | 7 | Budapest | Hungary[25] | |
Andreas Dombrowski | 6 | Mahrisch-Ostrau | Kingdom of Prussia (now in the Czech Republic)[26] | |
János Frint | 6 | Budapest | Hungary[27] | |
Sándor Kasza | 6 | Bácskosuthfalva | Hungary[28] | |
Karl Nikitsch | 6 | Gross-Czakowitz | Kingdom of Bohemia (now the Czech Republic)[29] | |
Franz Peter | 6 | Vienna | Austria[30] | |
Josef Pürer | 6 | Brno[31] or Schönau[32] | Austria[32] | |
Roman Schmidt | 6 | Varaždin | present day Croatia[33] | |
Rudolf Weber | 6 | Sighișoara | Transylvania (present day Romania)[34] | Only Romanian ace of the war |
Gyula Busa | 5 | Budapest | Hungary[35] | |
Frigyes Hefty | 5 | Pozsony (now Bratislava) | Hungary,(now Slovakia)[36][37] | |
Julius Kowalczik | 5 | Ostrava | Poland[38] | |
Franz Lahner | 5 | Bad Goisern | Austria[39] | |
Friedrich Lang | 5 | Austria[40] | ||
János Lasi | 5 | Katy (now Kać) | Hungary (present day Serbia) | Only Serbian ace in the Luftfahrtruppen[41] |
Béla Macourek | 5 | Pozsony (now Bratislava) | Hungary,(now Slovakia) | 5[42][43] |
Kurt Nachod | 5 | Brno | Moravia (present day Czech Republic)[44] | |
Augustin Novak | 5 | Botenwald[45] | ||
Karl Patzelt | 5 | Craiova, Bohemia | Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic)[46] | |
Alois Rodlauer | 5 | Urfahr-Umgebung | Austria[47] | |
Rudolf Szepessy-Sokoll | 5 | Hungary[48] | ||
Karl Teichmann | 5 | Hrabišín | now in Czech Republic[49] | |
Karl Urban | 5 | Graz | Austria[50] | |
Ferenc Wognar | 5 | Nagyszombat (today: Trnava, Slovakia) | Hungary, now Slovakia[51] |
See also[]
- List of World War I flying aces from Austria
- List of World War I flying aces from Croatia
- List of World War I Czech flying aces
- List of World War I flying aces from Hungary
- List of World War I aces from Poland
- List of World War I flying aces from Serbia
- List of World War I Slovakian flying aces
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- O'Connor, Martin. Air Aces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1914-1918 Paladin Press, 1986 (1994 reprint by Flying Machines Press), ISBN 1-891268-06-6, ISBN 978-1-891268-06-9.
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