101st Home Air Defence Fighter Wing
The 101st Home Air Defence Fighter Wing (101. Honi Légvédelmi Vadászrepülő Osztály) was an elite fighter-wing of the Royal Hungarian Air Force in World War II. Also known as the Puma after the unit's insignia, it was the most famous and well known of all Hungarian fighter units during the war. Created in the spring of 1944, it operated against US Fifteenth Air Force and the Soviet VVS during 1944-45 over Hungary and later, Austria. Analogue to Jagdverband 44, many of the highest scoring and most experienced Hungarian fighter pilots served in the unit, including the top scoring Hungarian ace of World War II, Szentgyörgyi Dezső.
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101st Home Air Defence Fighter Wing
The 101st Home Air Defence Fighter Wing (101. Honi Légvédelmi Vadászrepülő Osztály) was an elite fighter-wing of the Royal Hungarian Air Force in World War II. Also known as the Puma after the unit's insignia, it was the most famous and well known of all Hungarian fighter units during the war. Created in the spring of 1944, it operated against US Fifteenth Air Force and the Soviet VVS during 1944-45 over Hungary and later, Austria. Analogue to Jagdverband 44, many of the highest scoring and most experienced Hungarian fighter pilots served in the unit, including the top scoring Hungarian ace of World War II, Szentgyörgyi Dezső.
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The 101st Home Air Defence Fig ...... ld War II, Szentgyörgyi Dezső.
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(Courage leads, luck escorts us)
Vezérünk a bátorság, kísérőnk a szerencse!
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The 101st Home Air Defence Fig ...... ld War II, Szentgyörgyi Dezső.
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