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18th (Croatian) Eastern Bosnian brigade
Operation ZIETHEN
Soviet 236th Rifle Division
Hellgate: London
France Pirc (1899 - 1954)
18th (Croatian) Eastern Bosnian brigade
Operation ZIETHEN
Soviet 236th Rifle Division
Hellgate: London
France Pirc (1899 - 1954)
Cvitan Galic
( 1909 - 1944 )
Biography
Cvitan Galic was pilot in Air force of Independent State of Croatia.
38 confirmed and 8 unconfirmed air victories.
Air victories
Air victories No. Date Aircraft Shotdown Location Note 1941
16 November ? unconfirmed 1942
1. 2 March Bf-109E-4 W.Nr.1285 R-10 along Azov sea cost near Magnitovka 2 March Bf-109E-4 W.Nr.1285 I-16 5 March Bf-109E-7 W.Nr.1438 I-16 over Lisonogorskaje 5 March Bf-109E-7 W.Nr.1438 I-16 over Lisonogorskaje 16 March Bf-109E-4 W.Nr.1285 I-16 near Sinyavka village 5. 7 April Bf-109E-4 W.Nr.1285 I-16/I-153? ? 10. 20 June MiG-1 26 July Bf-109G-2 W.Nr.13432 Black 3 LaGG-3 27 July Bf-109G-2 W.Nr.13432 Black 3 ? ? 1 August Bf-109G-2 W.Nr.13432 Black 3 LaGG-1 over Novo-Pokrovskaje 7 August Bf-109G-2 W.Nr.13432 Black 3 LaGG-3 13 August Bf-109G-2 W.Nr.13432 Black 3 I-153 northwest from Neftogorska 16 August Bf-109G-2 W.Nr.13432 Black 3 MiG-3 over Novorosijska 31 August Bf-109G-2 W.Nr.13432 Black 3 I-16 ? 1 September Bf-109G-2 W.Nr.13432 Black 3 MiG-3 over Novorosijska 5 September Bf-109G-2 W.Nr.13432 Black 3 LaGG-1 8 September Bf-109G-2 W.Nr. 13654 Black 12 I-153 25 September Bf-109G-2 IL-2 south from Shadishemskaya 502. ShAP 20. 3 October Bf-109G-2 Pe-2 west from Atamish hill 23 October Bf-109G-2 Black 10 I-16 27 October Bf-109G-2 W.Nr.13432 Black 3 MiG-3 28 October Bf-109G-2 LaGG 28 October Bf-109G-2 MiG-3 1943
1 April Bf-109G-2 Yellow 6 LaGG-3 over Russahoff 20 April Bf-109G-2 MDR-6 22 April Bf-109G-2 Yellow 6 MDR-6 27 April Bf-109G-2 Yellow 6 LaGG-3 between Krimskaya and Abinskaya 2 May Bf-109G-2 Yellow 6 LaGG-3 3 May Bf-109G-2 Yellow 6 Il-2M3 3 May Bf-109G-2 Yellow 6 ? 25 May Bf-109G-2 Yellow 6 Spitfire V southeast from Temryuk 57. GIAP 27 May Bf-109G-2 LaGG-3 6 June LaGG-3 Total
- DB-3
- Pe-2
- Spitfire
- R-10
- two MDR-6
- five Il-2
- four MiG-1
- four I-153
- five I-16
- pet MiG-3
- nine LaGG-3
Rank
- airforce 1st lieutenant
- airforce captain, posthumously
Decorations
- Military order of Iron Trefoil 3rd Class
- Iron Cross 2nd Class
- Iron Cross 1st Class
- Large golden medal for courage poglavnik Ante Pavelic with the right to carry the title of Vitez (Knight), posthumously
Assignments
Killed
1944Bibliography
- Zrakoplovstvo NDH, 1941-1945 Danijel Frka, Josip Novak, Sinisa Pogacic
- Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo u II svjetskom ratu, Tihomir Likso, Danko Čanak
- Croatian Aces of World War 2 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces, 49) by Boris Ciglic, Dragan Savic, John Weal
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