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Rudolf Perešin

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Croatian fighter pilot (1958-1995)

Lived 1958 to 1995 · aged 37
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Rudolf Perešin was a Croatian fighter pilot serving in the Yugoslav Air Force (JRZ) during the 1991-95 Croatian War of Independence who defected to the Croatian side in October 1991, by flying his MiG-21 fighter jet from Željava Air Base to Klagenfurt, Austria, on a reconnaissance flight for the JRZ.

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Rudolf Perešin memorial in Gornja StubicaRudolf Perešin memorial in Gornja Stubica

Awards 9

2016honorary citizenship
1995Order of Duke Domagoj
Order of Nikola Šubić Zrinski
Order of Ban Jelačić
Order of Stjepan Radić
Order of Petar Zrinski and Fran Krsto Frankopan
Medal for exceptional endeavors
Homeland's Gratitude Medal
Homeland War Memorial Medal

Connected to Rudolf 6

Josip BozanićAlso won Homeland's Gratitude MedalAlfred Freddy KrupaAlso won Homeland War Memorial MedalMiroslav TuđmanAlso won Order of Duke DomagojBodo EbhardtAlso won honorary citizenshipKarl, Freiherr von PrelAlso won honorary citizenshipJosip JovićAlso won Homeland War Memorial Medal

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Rudolf Perešin was a Croatian fighter pilot serving in the Yugoslav Air Force (JRZ) during the 1991-95 Croatian War of Independence who defected to the Croatian side in October 1991, by flying his MiG-21 fighter jet from Željava Air Base to Klagenfurt, Austria, on a reconnaissance flight for the JRZ. He was the first pilot to desert from the Yugoslav Air Force. Following his defection he continued to fly missions for the Croatian Air Force and was shot down in May 1995 by Serb Krajina military forces, resulting in his death.

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Lived 1958 to 1995 · aged 37
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