# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mato-dukovac
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:27:02.730Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mato-dukovac"
name: "Mato Dukovac"
slug: "mato-dukovac"
description: "Mato Dukovac was the leading Croatian fighter ace of World War II, credited with between 40 and 44 confirmed victories. He joined the Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia following the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, and then the Luftwaffe, with which he flew combat missions on the Eastern Front. His tours of the Eastern Front spanned October and November 1942, February to June 1943, and October 1943 to March 1944. He defected to the Soviet Union on 20 September 1944 and was returned to Yugoslavia in November 1944. He worked as a flight instructor for the Yugoslav Air Force in Pančevo and Zadar before defecting to Italy in April 1945."
tagline: "Croatian World War II fighter pilot (1918–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mato_Dukovac.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1918-09-23"
deathDate: "1990"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.63
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.762889333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%94%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%86"
    title: "Мато Дуковац"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "ماتو دوكوڤاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%94%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%86"
    title: "Мата Дукавац"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mato_Dukovac"
    title: "Mato Dukovac"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mato_Dukovac"
    title: "Mato Dukovac"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%98%D7%95_%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A5"
    title: "מאטו דוקובאץ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mato_Dukovac"
    title: "Mato Dukovac"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%A5%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%82%AF"
    title: "マト・デュコヴァク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mato_Dukovac"
    title: "Mato Dukovac"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%86%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Дуковац, Мато"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3445085"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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