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Chronological Listing of Hungarian Air Force Ejections
 Losses & Ejections
Date Air Force A'cft Unit / Serial based crashed crew photo seat
2nd October 1951
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 04    crashed 3 km north of Kunhegyes Junior.Lt. József Turcsányi killed    
7th March 1952
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 16    crashed 16 km north of Tiszafüred Lt. István Molnár killed    
17th July 1952 The first Hungarian pilot who survived an ejection

Hungarian AF		 MiG-15     Mid Air collision 1st Lt István Ferencz
ejected		 K-1
17th July 1952
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15     Lt. Ferenc Nits
killed		    
11th August 1952
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 13    crashed near Kunhegyes Junior.Lt. József Marczy killed    
16th April 1953
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 810    crashed 2 km southwest of Nyárlőrinc Lt. Mihály Pintér killed    
8th June 1953
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15UTI 008     Lt. József Jankovics Killed Lt. Lajos Székelyhídi killed   
6th August 1953
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 819    Mid-air collison Lt. András Balázs killed    
19th August 1953
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 15     Lt.Miklós Szlavenka killed    
1st October 1953
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 723    crashed near Dunaföldvár Lt. Béla Horváth killed    
6th March 1954
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 808     János Vasas ejected    
20th July 1954
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 39     Junior Lt. Antal Bifkovics killed    
26th April 1955
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 816     Lt. Mihály Orsós ejected    
22nd June
1955
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 960     Lt. Gábor Oláh killed    
24th August 1955
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 58     1st Lt. László Szomor killed    
16th November 1955
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 32   crashed near Zsámbék Capt. György Egyed killed    
6th January
1956
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 717     1st Lt. Imre Jakab killed    
27th October 1956
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 805 Kecskemét airbase crashed near Szentes during the Hungarian revolution in 1956 October  1st. Lt. Elemér Istenes killed    
2nd June
1956
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 921    crashed at Kunmadaras airbase Lt. György Lukács killed    
9th September 1958
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 710   crashed at Kecskemét  Capt. János Gyarmati killed    
2nd September
1959
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 716    mid air collison at Taszár Lt. Sándor Szalai killed    
2nd September
1959
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 820    mid air collison at Taszár 1stLt. György Bogdán killed    
18th September
1959
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 905    crashed near Mór Lt. Gyula Eőry killed    
21st March 1960 
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15UTI 762     Capt. Mihály Szabó killed  Capt. Pál Wolford killed  
17th March 1960
Hungarian AF		 MiG-17PF 933 Kecskemét airbase   Lt. Col István Mezőfi killed
No ejection		    
9th October 1960
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 815     Lt. Jenő Sinkó killed    
19th October 1961
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 709     Capt. Rudolf Varga killed    
5th June 1962
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 354     Capt. Ferenc Tézsla killed    
16th May 1963
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 904 Kecskemét airbase engine problems Capt. László Kálmánchelyi
ejected

[First pilot to eject from a Hungarian MiG-21]

 SK-1
12th August 1963
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 Serial: 217 Kecskemét airbase engine problems Capt. Imre Szucsák ejected at low altitude
killed		 SK-1
5th February 1964
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 223    crashed at Pápa 1st Lt. András Kozma ejected   SK-1
12th February 1964
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 213  Pápa  crashed during landing when it flew into a snow storm  Major László Doba killed   SK-1
10th July 1964
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 221     1st Lt. József Alker ejected   SK-1
14th July 1964
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 912 Kecskemét   crashed near Cegléd  Lt. József Trencsényi killed   SK-1
14th August
1964
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15UTI 043     Lt. Béla Lelóczky killed  other pilot killed  
24th November 1965
Hungarian AF		 MiG-19PM 35   crashed near Mesztegnyő Major Béla Bognár killed    
15th April 1966
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 821    crashed at Szandaszőlős near Szolnok Lt. István Kövics killed    
2nd May 1966
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 2312     Major. Sándor Rigó ejected ( confirm ??)   SK-1
20th May 1966
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 2219     Major. Károly Hamar ejected ( confirm ??)   SK-1
23rd June 1966
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 307  Pápa   1st Lt. Zoltán Kiss killed   SK-1
30th June 1966
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15UTI 519     Maj. István Szekeres killed  Capt. Vilmos Parragh killed  
21st July 1966
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15UTI 01    crashed at Szolnok airbase Lt.Col. Sándor Benke killed  Lt. István Madaras killed  
11th May 1967
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 910 Kecskemét   crashed due to hydraulic problems Capt. István Lunacsek killed   SK-1
13th September 1966
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 303 Pápa   1st Lt. Lajos Sugár killed   SK-1
5th October 1967
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 804     1st Lt. József Képes killed   SK-1
18th August 1967
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 2222     1st Lt.. Gábor Némethy ejected

( confirm ??)

  SK-1
Date needed
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 818 Pápa airbase Caught fire during Take off.  burnt out 1st Lt. Ferenc Medzibrodszky stopped the aircraft and got out SK-
31st August 1967
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13   Pápa airbase Caught fire after landing, burnt out 1st Lt. Ferenc Medzibrodszky stopped the aircraft and got out SK-1
7th September 1967
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 805   badly damaged at pápa airbase  Capt. Zoltán Probocskai  ejected ( confirm ??)   SK-1
 

21st December 1967
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 815 Kecskemét  crashed near Szentes  Major Tibor  Kurilla killed   SK-1
30th January 1968
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21PF 407     Major István Kóró killed   SK-1
12th March 1968
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 2317  Taszár   1st Lt. Péter Ötvös killed   SK-1
22nd April 1968
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21PF 1513     Major.  Boldizsár Répási ejected

( confirm ??)

   SK-1
16th May 1968
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 803     1st Lt. László Gyenei ejected

( confirm ??)

   SK-1
17th August 1968
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 2314     1st Lt..  János Dusa ejected ( confirm ??)   SK-1
Dear Sir

I`ve found on your webpage that confirmation was needed on Janos Dusa`s  ejection on 17th Aug 68. He did catapulted from his falling MIG21 and  survived. He is my flight instructor today...

:-) Greetings: Tamas Nagy
Thursday
17th October 1968
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21PF 1511 Taszár took off from Taszár at night and he ejected 1 km southeast Cserénfa Major. Miklós Balogh ejected SK-1
19th November 1968
Hungarian AF		 MiG-19PM 29     Major Zsigmond Vass
killed		    
3rd July 1969
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 066     Lt. László Kovács killed    
3rd July 1969
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 908     Major. Sándor Varga ejected ( confirm ??)   SK-1
17th July 1969
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 901     1st Lt.. Pál Rákosi ejected ( confirm ??)   SK-1
8th March 1969
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21U 4116         SK-1
Lt. Col. Imre Aranyosi ejected

( confirm ??)

Capt. János Bán ejected ( confirm ??) SK-1
10th May 1969
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 304     Capt. Ferenc Medzibrodszky ejected SK-1
5th June 1969
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 2320     Major. György Bodonyi ejected

( confirm ??)

  SK-1
18th April 1970
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 801 Kecskemét    1st Lt. Kornél Hüffner ejected    
12th May 1970
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 682     Capt. Ferenc Fodor killed    
16th September 1970
Hungarian AF		 MiG-19PM 38 Taszár airbase During a QRA alert mission was in collision with a meteorological balloon  Capt. István Bakó ejected  
26th September 1970
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 802     Lt. Col. György Schadl ejected ( confirm ??)   SK-1
24th April 1971
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21PF 1604     Major József Parragh ejected ( confirm ??)   SK-1
28th August 1971
Malév
Hungarian Airlines		 Ilyushin Il-18     crash near Copenhagen Ensign Dezső Szentgyörgyi (Hungarian WW2 Ace) killed  
2nd September 1971
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 211     Lt. Mihály Ladányi killed   SK-1
9th September 1971
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 312 Taszár   1st. Lt. László Kramaszta killed   SK-1
6th April 1972
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21U 1516         SK-1
Lieutenant Colonel István Takács killed Captain Gyula Zátonyi killed SK-1
18th September 1972
Hungarian AF		 MiG-15 702     Lt. Col. János Bartal killed    
3rd October 1972
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 902     Lt. Col. László Sütöri ejected ( confirm ??)   SK-1
15th May 1975
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21F-13 807 Kecskemét    Capt. János Balázs killed   SK-1
18th December 1975
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21MF 8112     Capt. László Talán ejected ( confirm ??)   KM-1
17th February 1976
Hungarian AF		 Aero-Vochody L-29 Delfin 371   CRASHED      
Lt.Col. János Szabó  killed Major János Nagy  killed  
3rd August 1976
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21bisz 75A 4133     1st Lt.. Gyula Lupták ejected ( confirm ??)   KM-1
25th September 1976
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21MF 9508     1st Lt. Miklós Halász ejected

( confirm ??)

  KM-1
18th January 1977
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21MF 9313     Lt. Col. Sándor Karsai ejected ( confirm ??)   KM-1
13th July 1977
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21MF 4407   Aircraft damaged. Major. Mihály Varsányi OK
No Ejection		   KM-1
13th December 1977
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21bisz 75AP 5705    Taszár airbase    crashed near Komló 1st Lt. János Pincés ejected   KM-1
27th June 1978
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21MF 4604 Kecskemét. Crashed near Nagykőrös Major Lajos Juhász killed in crash KM-1
                 
2nd October 1979
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21UM 5086 Kecskemét airbase Engine stopped during landing near airbase KM-1
Major. László Sárkány ejected  Capt. István Domonkos ejected KM-1
10th April 1980
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21PF 1515 Taszár    1st Lt. István Renn killed   SK-1
?? November 1980
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21bisz 75AP 6224   Aircraft Damaged Major. Péter Gál OK
No Ejection		   KM-1
7th April 1981
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21PF 406   Aircraft Damaged 1st Lt.. Vanyó József
OK
No Ejection		   SK-1
9th June 1981
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21bisz 75A 3987     Capt. Árpád Wenger ejected ( confirm ??)   KM-1
7th July 1981
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21bisz 75AP 52     Lt. István Mészáros ejected ( confirm ??)   KM-1
27th August 1981
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21bisz 75A 4029     Lt. Tibor Hóbor ejected ( confirm ??)   KM-1
17th October 1981
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21bisz 75AP 9207     Capt. László Elek KM-1
9th February 1982
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21U 4020  Pápa Flew into vortex     SK-1
Major Károly Freund killed 1st Lt. Róbert Korzicska killed  SK-1
28th January 1983
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21UM "0358"  Kecskemét AB Crashed at Air Base KM-1
Lt. Col Zoltán Decsov
[Commander of the regiment] killed		 Captain Tamás Bazsika killed KM-1
7th July 1983
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21bisz 75A 4097     Capt. László Helembai
ejected ( confirm ??)		 KM-1
7th July 1983
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21bisz 75AP 6207     Lt. István Deme ejected ( confirm ??)   KM-1
23rd February 1984
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21bisz 75AP 5321 Taszár   Capt. Béla Széles killed    
12th April 1984
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21bisz 75AP 44     1st Lt. István Pető ejected
                          photo 2007
General  István Pető
Commander of Kecskemét airbase		 KM-1
16th May 1984
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21bisz 75A 3537   Aircraft Damaged 1st Lt. László Szabó
OK
No Ejection 		  KM-1
5th June 1984
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21MF 9314   Collision with 9314 Capt. Jenő Vadas ejected KM-1
5th June 1984
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21MF 4602 Kecskemét  Capt. Béla Kádár killed    
14th August 1984
Hungarian AF		 MiG-17F     Crash landed during defection, near Udine, Italy     KM-1
16th October 1984
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21UM 0258 Taszar Bean Goose ingested at altitude 850 ft on approach to Taszar     KM-1
front-seat pilot Major Antal Nagy killed 1st Lt. József Bocsi ejected  survived KM-1
21st March 1985
Hungarian AF		 MiG-23MF 05     Capt. József Störk ejected ( confirm ??)   KM-1
25th July 1985
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21MF 9601     Lt. Zsolt Horváth ejected KM-1
25th March 1986
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21PF 502     Lt. Col. Gyula Várhelyi ejected SK-1
17th July 1986
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21UM 0265 Kecskemét crashed after take off     KM-1
Lt. Col. Miklós Brückner killed Capt. György Acsai killed KM-1
17th March 1988
Hungarian AF		 Su-22M-3
Fitter		 06     Major József Vámos ejected K-36BM Mk.1
6th May 1988
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21UM 35         KM-1
Capt. Dénes Csapó ejected ( confirm ??) Lt. András Szucsán KM-1
10th June 1988
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21bisz 75AP 2001 Taszár AB   Lt. Zoltán  Simári ejected KM-1
19th August 1988
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21bisz 75AP 45     1st Lt. Pál Sulyok killed    
14th March 1989
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21bisz 75A 3547   collided in mid-air near Bata Lt. Col. Kálmán Sipos   KM-1
14th March 1989
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21bisz 75A 3931   Col. Ottó Gőgös ejected ( confirm ??) KM-1
26th January 1990
Hungarian AF		 MiG-23UB "16"       KM-1
Captain Róbert Reinhardt killed Colonel Ferenc Bakó killed KM-1
20th April 1990
Hungarian AF		 MiG-23MF 09     Major Mihály Cseporán ejected KM-1
29th June 1990
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21bisz 75AP 5809     1st Lt. Nándor Kilián ejected
                photo 2007
 Colonel Nándor Kilián
Deputy Commander of Kecskemét airbase		 KM-1
16th September 1990
Hungarian AF		 MiG-23 Serial: "04" "Open Day" at Pápa airbase crashed killing the pilot Major Károly Soproni died in crash No ejection
19th March 1991
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21UM  
Taszár airbase Crew had to make an emergency landing at night due to oil pressure problems. No ejections  
Maj. József Kaszper
OK		 Maj. Zoltán Pintér
OK		  
22nd August 1991
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21bisz 75AP 50   crashed near Tatabánya 1st Lt. István Groszmann
killed		  
12th September 1991
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21MF 9605   crashed at Kecskemét airbase Major Sándor Horváth was killed  
30th August 1993


Russian AF		 MiG-29UB 68 from Kuschovskaya crashed near Krasnodar, southern Russia K-36
Russian instructor Alexander
Tarasov ejected
 [see also 19th June 2003]		 Hungarian AF pilot  Captain László Bodrozsán ejected K-36
1st June 1994
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21UM 3031         KM-1
Major Tamás Kristóf ejected safely Lt.  Béla Gődér killed in the crash KM-1
   
25th May 1995
19:00h

Hungarian AF		 Su-22UM-3K Fitter-G07  

07
c/n 80303

 3rd Tactical Recce Sqn fuel leak and fire on take-off from Taszar air base   K-36BM Mk.1
Lt. Col. Istvan Lőrincz ejected at only 65 ft suffered  broken right leg on landing  Major
Mihaly Racskó ejected at only 65 ft suffered broken right leg on landing		 K-36BM Mk.1
25th July 1995
1915h
Hungarian		 Aero L-39ZO Albatros 139 c/n 831139 Szolnok Officers Academy - Kecskemet in a cornfield near the village of Tortel, central Hungary VS-1
Instructor Major Gyula Molnár ordered ejection at 2,300ft - ejected safely Student 1st Lt. János Németh  ejected safely VS-1
13th September 1995
Hungarian AF		 Su-22M-3 Fitter '16'
c/n 51813		 Taszar Near Somogymeggyes southwest Hungary. Collided with MiG-23UB Flogger '14'from Papa Air
Base - 		Major István Katona ejected at 2,000ft near southern shore of Lake Balaton
but suffered spinal injuries and was hospitalised at Kecskemet		 K-36BM Mk.1
13th September 1995
Hungarian AF		 MiG-23UB 14   collided with Su-22M-3 Fitter.
Canopy damage to MiG-23 prevented ejection - both crew died		 no ejections
Captain Balázs Katovics
killed in collision		 Captain Mihály Mizsei killed in collision
25th April 1996
Hungarian AF		 MiG-21bisz 75AP 6264   Aircraft Damaged Capt. János Gerics
OK
No ejection		    
18th September 1996
Hungarian AF		 MiG‑21bis (Type 75AP) 5822 (c/n 75035822) Papa FW/2nd TFS Routine training flight from Papa. hydraulic problems, aircraft crashed at 1842hrs close to a main road between Papa and Adasztevel and was completely burnt out Captain Attila Dobay ejected KM-1
23rd July 1998
Hungarian AF		 Mig 29 "17" 59th Tactical Fighter Wing, Kecskemét crashed during a display over the airbase  Lt.Col Zsolt Rácz died  
29th October 2002
Slovakian
AF		 L-39ZA
"4705"
Kosice academy
Crashed L-39ZA		  
Lt. Col. Jenő Vadas ejected

Hungarian AF
[see also 5th June 1984]		 1st Lt. Tibor Molnár ejected

Hungarian AF		 VS-1
13th November 2003
Hungarian AF		 Yak-52            
Colonel József Lanecker
Killed		 Major Gábor Szász
Killed		  
Wednesday 11th May 2005
in afternoon
Hungarian Air Force		 MiG-29B 02 Hungary Kecskemét, Hungary Capt. Zoltán Szabó ejected OK K-36
Thursday 17th April 2008
in afternoon
16:00
Hungarian Air Force		 MiG-29 15
59th TFW

                                                                            photo MTI

Major Zoltán "Peszke" Peszeki
ejected
2nd  Tactical Fighter Squadron
"Dongó"
[Wasp]

 K-36
2nd  Tactical Fighter Squadron
"Dongó"
[Wasp]
59th TFW
Kecskemét, Hungary		 During a low approach manuever the aircraft hit the ground at Kecskemét, slided through the main road near the airbase and burnt out Pilot ejected OK, hospitalized for observation

SOURCES: - Hungarian and International Media
Friday 20th June 2008
just before noon
Hungarian Air Force		 L-39
Albatros		 120 2nd  Tactical Fighter Squadron
"Dongó"
[Wasp]		 Crashed near Fehérgyarmat airport (E Hungary), near the Ukrainian border VS-1
1st. Lt. Zoltán Ignácz
killed
1stTFS
"Puma"
[Cougar]		 Lt.Col. András Janicsek
killed		 VS-1
Both crew tried to eject but were unsuccessful
                 

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Acknowledgements


(if I inadvertently omit your name from this listing PLEASE let me know to amend the listing)

I am indebted to the following people for help with this information


Tomi (for continued alerts and photos on Hungarian ejections)
Donny Chan
 Balázs Horváth  (for permission to use material from his excellent website)
Dave Allport (AFM)
scramble.nl
Gábor S.
The family of  István Groszmann
 

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