Known claims with the Avia B-534 and Avia Bk-534

Following known claims have been made by pilots while flying the Avia B-534 and Avia Bk-534.

Claims:
Kill no. Date Time Type Result Pilot Plane type Serial no. Locality Unit
  1939                
1 24/03/39   CR.32 (a) Destroyed František Hanovec Avia B-534     45th letka
2 24/03/39   CR.32 (b) Destroyed Martin Danihel Avia B-534     45th letka
3 06/09/39 12:18 R-XIII (c) Shared destroyed František Hanovec Avia B-534     45th letka
3 06/09/39 12:18 R-XIII (c) Shared destroyed Viliam Jaloviar Avia B-534     45th letka
3 06/09/39 12:18 R-XIII (c) Shared destroyed M. Ziaran Avia B-534     45th letka
4 26/09/39   RWD-8 (d) Destroyed Viliam Grun Avia B-534   near Presov 39th letka
  1941              
  28/07/41 18:22 Polikarpov biplane (e) Damaged Slovak pilot Avia B-534   E ‘Gaysina 12th letka
5 07/09/41 18:15 I-16 Destroyed Jozef Drlicka Avia B-534   near Gornostaypol 12th letka
6 07/09/41 18:15 I-16 Destroyed Slovak pilot Avia B-534   near Gornostaypol 12th letka
7 08/09/41 07:55 I-16 Destroyed J. Kocka Avia B-534   near Gornostaypol 12th letka
8 10/09/41   Soviet a/c Destroyed Slovak pilot Avia B-534   Eastern front  
9 10/09/41   Soviet a/c Destroyed Slovak pilot Avia B-534   Eastern front  
  1944                
10 02/09/44   Ju 52/3m (f) Destroyed Frantisek Cyprich Avia B-534 '217' near Tri Duby airfield Combined Squadron

TOTAL: 10 destroyed (3 unconfirmed).
(a) Not confirmed. Claimed in combat with 1/1. vadászszázad.
(b) Not confirmed. Claimed in combat with 1/1. vadászszázad.
(c) Polish R-XIII from 56 Squadron shot down. The pilot E. Porada was taken POW while the observer M. Piasecki was killed.
(d) Claimed in combat with a Polish aircraft. Not confirmed.
(e) I-153 from 168 IAP damaged.
(f) Hungarian Ju 52/3m S.2 + 07 of 102/1. futárszállító század shot down at Banska Bystrica and the crew and passengers became POW's. The pilot föhadnagy György Gách was uninjured, the co-pilot föhadnagy Nándor Vermes was wounded in one leg, the wireless operator Imre Maszlagi was wounded in one shoulder and the flight engineer örm. Lázló Széky was killed. Of the passengers was one Staff Officer killed but the six other was uninjured.

Sources:
Air Aces Home Page - Jan Safarik
Air Enthusiast No 56 winter 1994
Avia B-534 - Jirí Vraný, 1994
Becze Csaba: A magyar királyi 1. honvéd éjjeli vadász repülõszázad Magyar Repüléstörténeti Társaság Konferencia Közleményei 1999 kindly provided by Becze Csaba
Biplane Against The Red Bear - Julius R. Gaal, 1974 Air Combat Spring/1974 kindly provided by Santiago Flores
Harcok az orosz égen Budapest - Tomor László, 1942 kindly provided by Becze Csaba
Poslední let S.2+07 - Martin Fekets, 1999 Revi no. 28 1999 kindly provided and translated by Pavel Vancata
Slovenské Letectvo 1939-1944 - Juraj Rajninec, Bratislava, 1997
Slovenští letci 1939-1945 - Jirí Rajlich and Jirí Sehnal, 1991 Vyd. Kolínské noviny kindly provided by Jan Safarik
Tûzkeresztség - Csaba Becze
Additional information kindly provided by Csaba Becze





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