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Dezső Szentgyörgyi was born on 16 January, 1915 in Kőkút, Austria-Hungary, is a Hungarian fighter ace. Discover Dezső Szentgyörgyi's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 56 years old?
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56 years old |
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16 January, 1915 |
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16 January |
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Kőkút, Austria-Hungary |
| Date of death |
28 August, 1971 |
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Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Hungary
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Dezső Szentgyörgyi Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dezső Szentgyörgyi Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Dezső Szentgyörgyi worth at the age of 56 years old? Dezső Szentgyörgyi’s income source is mostly from being a successful fighter. He is from Hungary. We have estimated Dezső Szentgyörgyi's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Warrant Officer Dezső Szentgyörgyi (16 January 1915 – 28 August 1971) was the highest scoring Hungarian fighter ace of the Royal Hungarian Honvéd Air Force in World War II.
Dezső Szentgyörgyi was born in 1915 in Kőkút.
He finished his studies in Enying, and was 18 years old when he volunteered for the Royal Hungarian Air Force.
Initially he was an aircraft-mechanic, but later received pilot training.
He finished the aviation school in Székesfehérvár with excellent ratings.
He was trained as a fighter pilot, and took part in 1/2 FS's operations in northern Hungary with the Fiat CR.32.
In summer 1942 he was transferred with the 1/1 "Dongó" (Bumblebee) Fighter Squadron to the Soviet front.
He shot down his first aircraft on 7 August 1942 in a friendly fire accident, while flying a Re.2000.
The victim being a German Heinkel He 111 bomber that opened fire on him during while Szentgyörgyi was trying to identify the aircraft.
His first victory over an enemy fighter was almost a year later, 26 June 1943, a Soviet fighter, a Yak-1 or Yak-7, on Gresnoje.
His record on the Eastern Front was 142 sorties and 6 kills.
The 101. Honi Légvédelmi Vadászrepülő Osztály (101st "Puma" Fighter Group) was formed on 1 May 1944.
Szentgyörgyi was transferred to the 101/2 "Retek" (Radish) Fighter Squadron.
He continued to score his kills among the Pumas, and shot down 6 American planes.
By the summer of 1944 he was a flight leader.
He was promoted to Ensign on 16 November 1944.
After the "American Season" ended, once again Soviet fighters became the main enemy.
Dezső scored an additional 17 kills.
He achieved his last air victory on 16 April 1945: a Yak-9 on Guttenbrunn.
He never crashed a plane due to pilot error, and he was never shot down.
By the end of the war he had completed more than 220 sorties, and had 30 confirmed kills; the most successful Hungarian fighter pilot.
After the war, he returned home and became a pilot of the MASZOVLET (Hungarian-Soviet Airlines) between 1946 and 1949.
Between 1950 and 1956 he spent several years in Communist prisons, before becoming a pilot of the renamed Malév Hungarian Airlines again, logging 12,334 flight hours and covering more than 5 million kilometres in the air.
The MH 59th "Szentgyörgyi Dezső" Air Base of the Hungarian Air Force in Kecskemét (equipped with MiG-29 and JAS 39 Gripen fighters) is named in his honour.
On 28 August 1971 Szentgyörgyi was the pilot of MALEV Hungarian Airlines Flight 731, and was among the 32 people killed when the Ilyushin Il-18 crashed into the sea during a storm on its approach to a landing in Copenhagen in Denmark.
Szentgyörgyi and the other eight members of his crew died, and only two of the 25 passengers survived.
died in a crash near Copenhagen while flying an Ilyushin Il-18 (HA-MOC).
He was due to retire in less than three weeks.
He flew the Reggiane Re.2000 Falco (MÁVAG Héja), then the Messerschmitt Bf 109G.
