An Hungarian fighter pilot greet by his huge dog. The aircraft is an Italian-built fighter biplane Fiat CR.42 with before end 1941 markings. Victor Sierra

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A beaming AA spotlight shining into a dark Hungarian night made for an interesting "news" photo, probably taken just before the war had begun. But Hungary was soon to regrettably find out the horrendous cost of having jumped into a nasty fray of the world's "big boys.".

Anti-aircraft Spotlight, Hungary

One of five three engine civil airliners Savoia-Marchetti SM.75s purchased by Hungarian airline Malert in 1938 at one of Berlin Airports, Gatow or Tempelhof, before the outbreak of WW2. During the entry of Hungary in the war all the five SM.75s were transferred to Hungarian Air Force and refurbished by Manfred Weiss factory in Budapest like troop transports with French 870-HP Gnome-Rhone K.14 radial engines built by Weiss in Hungary instead the original Italian engines Alfa Romeo. Victor Sierra