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