# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bela-macourek
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:10:25.940Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bela-macourek"
name: "Béla Macourek"
slug: "bela-macourek"
description: "Oberleutnant Béla Macourek was a Austro-Hungarian World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. He entered the First World War as a mounted artillery officer. Two years campaigning brought him a Bronze Military Merit Medal. In mid-1916, he volunteered as an aerial observer. Over the next two years, he would progress to pilot, deputy commander, then commander while destroying five enemy airplanes. He was awarded the Silver Military Merit Medal and the Military Merit Cross."
tagline: "Austro-Hungarian flying ace"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Macourek_B%C3%A9la.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1889-11-04"
deathDate: "1944-07-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.8
  momentum:             9.999999999999998
  historical:           5.267818666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Macourek"
    title: "Béla Macourek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "بيلا ماكوريك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Macourek"
    title: "Béla Macourek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bela_Macourek"
    title: "Bela Macourek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macourek_B%C3%A9la"
    title: "Macourek Béla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Macourek"
    title: "Béla Macourek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1161254"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump