Mato Dukovac
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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.
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Dukovac scored his first aerial victory flying a Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2 fighter.
On 25 May, Dukovac claimed victories over two Supermarine Spitfire V fighters![Bf 109G-6 'Black Chevron 1' of Oberleutenant Mato Dukovac, November 1943. Dukovac used this aircraft until he was shot down in it by a Soviet P-39 on 25 February 1944.[16]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Plane_of_Mato_Dukovac_November_1943.gif/1280px-Plane_of_Mato_Dukovac_November_1943.gif)
Bf 109G-6 'Black Chevron 1' of Oberleutenant Mato Dukovac, November 1943. Dukovac used this aircraft until he was shot down in it by a Soviet P-39 on 25 February 1944.[16]
Dukovac's last aerial victory was against a US-made P-39 Airacobra
Dukovac's grave in Kingston, OntarioAwards 4
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About this person
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.
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