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90HDR 2020, Nr. 1worthy that the author also provides an English translation of the Hungarian squadrons andthe nicknames of the pilots.After this thorough historical and professional “appetizer” we get to the “main dish”,the biographies of ace pilots. These are encyclopaedically processed by Stenge. Under thenames of the pilots are the most important flight data: first, the number of kills, successesagainst ground targets, number of combat sorties and combat hours flown, then the callsignand identifications number. After that is the list of decorations, charted combat victories,and finally, the aircraft flown. These data are followed by the pilot’s biography: his familybackground, years of military service, training, war activities, and the post-war lives anddeaths of survivors of the war. Personal accounts of air battles make the story even morelively and exciting. However, these are not just personal recollections: they tell the storyand provide an overall evaluation of the World War, the Hungarian Air Force and the Armyfrom the territorial expansion in 1938 to the end of the war and beyond. Because their storydid not end in 1945. The survivors could not return home in peace. For the occupying Sovietpower and then under the communist dictatorship they became persona non grata, theiraccomplishments forgotten. Those who stayed in Hungary often awaited death sentence orimprisonment while others had to choose a new country. Famous and little-known names,lives, tragic and uplifting moments. What they have in common is the honour for their homeland,their comrades, combating almost always an overwhelming enemy – enemy air forcesor the communist regime: Dezső Szentgyörgyi, ‘Drumi’, ‘Cica’, György Debrődy, LászlóMolnár... the list is long.The biographies are categorized by the number of victories achieved. The first majorcategory is the most successful aces, with a twenty-plus kill count. Then there are the pilotswith a ten-plus kill count, and those with a count of five to nine. Beside the fighter pilots wecan read about the bomber, reconnaissance, and ground attack pilots, as well as those whoachieved their air victories with other air forces. (US Army Air Forces, Luftwaffe).This richly illustrated volume presents well-documented biographies with multiple unpublishedphotos; it is the most comprehensivestudy of the surviving and accessiblesources, literature and memoirs to this day.Out of the scattered, incomplete, and monumentallyvast database the author created animpressive work due to his great expertiseand diligence. Nevertheless, I think it is notonly the length and content of the book whichis commendable but also the author’s effortto reveal the unknown aspects of the past, tocommemorate his heroes to professionals andthe general public alike, demonstrating hisgreatness as a premier historian.Stenge B., Csaba. Forgotten Heroes. Warwick:Helion & Company, 2019. 438 p.
About the Authors91ABOUT THE AUTHORSRomana ErdélyiováPhD candidate, University of Žilina, Faculty of Security Engineering, Slovakia.Lucia FiguliPhD candidate, University of Žilina, Faculty of Security Engineering, Slovakia.LtCol András FülekySenior aviation officer of the Hungarian Defence Forces Command Force PlanningDirectorate Capability Development Programs Branch; PhD candidate at the NationalUniversity of Public Service. His field of expertise is the influences of Japanese martialarts on personality.Viktor HuszárPhD candidate, National University of Public Service, Budapest.Matúš IvančoPhD candidate, University of Žilina, Faculty of Security Engineering, SlovakiaGábor Ferenc Kiss, PhDMilitary historian, PhD associate professor, University of Szeged, Juhász Gyula Facultyof Education.Krisztián Manzinger, PhDSenior Lecturer, Department of Social Science and International Studies, Faculty ofLaw, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church of Hungary.LtCol András Mező, PhDLieutenant Colonel András Mező works for the NATO Allied Command Transformation.Currently he is a project officer for concept development of multi-domainoperations in urban environment. He holds a PhD degree in military strategy anddoctrine development from the Doctoral School of Military Sciences of the NationalUniversity of Public Service.LtCol (Ret) Harold E. Raugh, Jr, PhDCommand historian, U.S. Army Europe, Wiesbaden, Germany.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Romana Erdélyiová
PhD candidate, University of Žilina, Faculty of Security Engineering, Slovakia.
Lucia Figuli
PhD candidate, University of Žilina, Faculty of Security Engineering, Slovakia.
LtCol András Füleky
Senior aviation officer of the Hungarian Defence Forces Command Force Planning
Directorate Capability Development Programs Branch; PhD candidate at the National
University of Public Service. His field of expertise is the influences of Japanese martial
arts on personality.
Viktor Huszár
PhD candidate, National University of Public Service, Budapest.
Matúš Ivančo
PhD candidate, University of Žilina, Faculty of Security Engineering, Slovakia
Gábor Ferenc Kiss, PhD
Military historian, PhD associate professor, University of Szeged, Juhász Gyula Faculty
of Education.
Krisztián Manzinger, PhD
Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Science and International Studies, Faculty of
Law, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church of Hungary.
LtCol András Mező, PhD
Lieutenant Colonel András Mező works for the NATO Allied Command Transformation.
Currently he is a project officer for concept development of multi-domain
operations in urban environment. He holds a PhD degree in military strategy and
doctrine development from the Doctoral School of Military Sciences of the National
University of Public Service.
LtCol (Ret) Harold E. Raugh, Jr, PhD
Command historian, U.S. Army Europe, Wiesbaden, Germany.
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