Three of the flying aces of World War I were ethnic Serbs or born in the territory of the modern-day Serbian Republic. They were:
- Petar Marinovich, who scored 21 victories while flying for France's Aéronautique Militaire.[1]
- Johann Lasi, who scored 5 victories while flying for the Austro-Hungarian Luftfahrtruppen.[2]
- Raoul Stojsavljevic, a 10 victory Luftfahrtruppen ace, was an ethnic Serbian born in Innsbruck, Austria[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Safarik, Jan J. (2016). "Serbia: World War I". Air Aces. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "Johann Lasi". The Aerodrome. 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ Austro-Hungarian Aces of World War 1, pp. 81—83.
Further reading
edit- Austro-Hungarian Aces of World War 1. Christopher Chant. Osprey Publishing, 2002. ISBN 1-84176-376-4, ISBN 978-1-84176-376-7.