Most of the RHAF personnel were volunteers, given thorough training at various locations. Many of them had been introduced to flying by interwar glider clubs. Here a group of officers gathers at a Hungarian air base.

Air Force Officers, Hungary

An original color photo of a Junker 86K-2 bomber located somewhere in Hungary, being looked-over by Honved infantry. A number of these bombers were manufactured in Hungary under German license.

Royal Hungarian Air Force Ju 86K-2 Bomber

The Royal Hungarian Air Force continued to rely on popular Italian fighters like the Fiat CR-32 and later the CR-42. Here an open-cockpit CR-32 biplane is about to proceed into action. In the later war years, however, these Fiats became obsolete.