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World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

from the

Independent State of Croatia The Independent State of Croatia ( sh, Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH; german: Unabhängiger Staat Kroatien; it, Stato indipendente di Croazia) was a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. It was established in p ...

, a

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from 1941–45, created in the portion of

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...

occupied by the

Axis powers The Axis powers, ; it, Potenze dell'Asse ; ja, 枢軸国 ''Sūjikukoku'', group=nb originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies. Its principal members were ...

. There were 25

fighter aces A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ace is varied, but is usually co ...

from the Independent State of Croatia, fighting for the Axis, during the Second World War. For other countries see

List of World War II flying aces by country This is a list of fighter aces in World War II, ordered by national origin. See also List of World War II flying aces. Australia There were 103 air aces from Australia during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War I ...

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*Mato Culinovic *Zivko Culinovic

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Mato Dukovac Mato Dukovac (23 September 1918 – 6 June 1990) 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 o ...

*Eivko Dzhal (Zivko Dzal) *

Franjo Džal Franjo Džal (9 April 1906, in Bihać – September 1945, in Belgrade) was a colonel in the Independent State of Croatia's air force. He finished elementary school and gymnasium in Bihać and graduated from the Military Academy of Serbia in 1924 ...

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*Vladimir Ferencina

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Cvitan Galić Cvitan Galić (29 November 1909 – 6 April 1944) was a Croatian World War II fighter ace. Born in the village of Gorica near Imotski, in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Galić finished grade school in the town of Sovići. In 1927 he joined t ...

*Dragutin Gazapi

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*Josip Hellebrant

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Dragutin Ivanic Dragutin (Cyrillic: Драгутин) is a masculine given name. Those bearing it include: * Stephen Dragutin of Serbia * Dragutin Topić * Dragutin Dimitrijević * Dragutin Mitić * Dragutin Tadijanović * Dragutin Šurbek * Dragutin Lerman * ...

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*Josip Jelacic *Ivan Jergovic

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*Tomislav Kauzlaric *Josip Kranjc

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*Jure Lasta

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*Stjepan Martinashevic *Eduard Martinko *Veco Mikovic

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*Stjepan Radic

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*Albin Starc *Zlatko Stipčić

References

; Notes ; Bibliography * Ciglic, Boris and Dragan Savic.''Croatian Aces of World War II'' (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces - 49). London: Oxford, 2002. . {{Lists of flying aces

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