The Austro-Hungarian Empire's Luftfahrtruppen contained many pilots from many ethnic minorities. The following list of their World War I flying aces contains those Austro-Hungarian aces identified as ethnic Croatian or born in the territory of modern-day Croatia:
- Miroslav Navratil, 10 verified victories.[1][2]
- Raoul Stojsavljevic, 10 verified victories.[1][3]
- Roman Schmidt, 6 verified victories.[4][5]
- Johann Lasi, 5 verified victories.[1][6]
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- ^ a b c Safarik, Jan J. (2011). "Austria-Hungary: Airmen of Croatian origin who flew during WWI". Air Aces Home Page. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 194.
- ^ Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 199–200.
- ^ "Roman Schmidt". The Aerodrome. 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 198–199.
- ^ Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), p. 190–191.
- Bibliography
- Franks, Norman; Guest, Russell F. & Alegi, Gregory (1997). Above the War Fronts: The British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918. London, UK: Grub Street. ISBN 978-1-898697-56-5.