Shown above, Hungarian pilot Antal Szebeni's Bf-109 G-14 fighter, a model referred to as Gustav by Axis pilots, had suffered damage on its tail section during the closing weeks of the war, perhaps in a dog fight.

Damaged Me-109 Gustav, 1945

Four Hungarian pilots are shown here, including Szentgyörgyi (von SaintGeorge), standing on our right. It appears that all four were the recipients of the German Iron Cross.

Hungarian Royal Air Force Pilots

Hungarian WW2 military aviation received a significant boost with the addition of German Messerschmitt 109 fighter planes beginning with 1943. The first purchased planes were soon deployed on the Russian front, like at Kharkov and Kursk, as the unit being prepared for action shown above. Using some German-made components, later Hungary began to manufacture Bf-109's under license at the large industrial complex of Győr, reportedly keeping one plane from every ten produced, and shipping the rest back to the Reich.