József Bejczy A detachment of four Hungarian fighter aircrafts led by Capt. József Bejczy took off from Veszprém to carry out a forcible reconnaissance flight over Szolnok – Cegléd in order to find out about the location of the soviet armoured units. Besides Bejczy, the members of the detachment were: Tobak, Huszár and Boldizsár. Capt. Bejczy spotted some traces of soviet tanks on the plough-lands near Abony, however at that moment they did not see the well-camouflaged armoured units. The detachment of Bejczy attacked these units and all hell broke loose: the soviet air defense opened horrific fire, but the fighter aircrafts flow in the face of the enemy and shot them intensively. The drop fuel tank of Capt. Bejczy’s aircraft was still on, so when it was shot down, the fighter crashed to the ground in light flames not far from Kostyán-farm. Capt. Bejczy did not survive the crash. On the following day the pilot was buried by József Husek Tóth by his own efforts, his grave had been tended until 1953 as the pilot was believed to be a German, but because of the ruling régime they had to forget the war hero. The Hungarian aviation archaeologists excavated the wreckage and the pilot’s mortal remains in autumn 2005. The production number of the aircraft was 126724, among the finds parts of Bf 109G-6 and G-14 were excavated as well. The military funeral of Capt. József Bejczy took place in Körmend on 2 March 2006. Acrylic painting on board by Ferenc Vincze.50x70cm
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 09:27:40 +0000
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