Vojenský pilot rakúsko-uhorského letectva Jozef Kiss a jeho nasadenie na juhotirolskom fronte v kontexte talianskych archívnych prameňov

Military pilot of the Austro-Hungarian aviation, Jozef Kiss and his deployment on the South Tyrol front in the context of Italian archival resources

Autor: ČERVENKA Juraj

ČERVENKA, Juraj: Vojenský pilot rakúsko-uhorského letectva Jozef Kiss a jeho nasadenie na juhotirolskom fronte v kontexte talianskych archívnych prameňov

ČERVENKA, Juraj: Military pilot of the Austro-Hungarian aviation, Jozef Kiss and his deployment on the South Tyrol front in the context of Italian archival resources.

Vojenská história, 23, 3, 2019, pp. 44-65.

In his study, the author deals with the operation of Josef Kiss, a native of Bratislava, who belonged to the most successful pilots of the Austro-Hungarian aviation. He achieved 19 confirmed victories, serving in the Flik 24 units (or Flik 24F) and Flik 55J units, finally falling in the aerial combat on 24 May 1918. The author studied archival documents stored in the Roman military archive as well as in the Roman aviation archive, containing interesting and little known facts from the life of this aviator. Moreover, they aptly complement the data from the funds stored in the Vienna Kriegsarchiv. The study deals with the operation of Josef Kiss on the front in South Tyrol, clarifying the equipment of his home field airport in Pergine as well as operations of the enemy Italian aviation over the Valsugana valley area. Italian archival documents also contain information about the air victories of Josef Kiss, in particular on 25th August 1916 and 13th July 1917, achievements of his Flik 55J fighter unit in the fall of 1917 or in the last flight of this Bratislavan.

Keywords: Military History. Austria-Hungary. Aviation in the World War 1. Personality of the Aviator Josef Kiss from Bratislava

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69809/vojhist.2019.23.3.2

Ročník: 23 | Číslo: 3/2019 | Stránky: 44-65