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France Pirc

( 1899 - 1954 )

Biography

Born on 22 January 1899 in Žimarica/Sodražica near Ribnica, Kočevje (Gottschee), at that time part of Austro-Hungarian monarchy today Slovenia, in peasant family.

Completed Austro-Hungarian officer school and reconnaissance, fighter pilot school in Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

From 1941 served in Air Force of Independent state of Croatia while working with resistance until he defected to Yugoslav partisans in FL-3 aircraft on 21 October 1943. His family was executed because of it.

His name is sometimes written as Franjo Pirc and Franya Pirtz.

Ranks

• Colonel
• 1 September 1944 - Air Force Major General

Decorations

• Order of the Partisan Star I class
• Order of the Brotherhood and Unity I class

Assignments

• Commander of 2nd Fighter Aviation Regiment
• NDH Air Force
• Chief of Air force section of Supreme Headquarters
• from 29 October 1944 until 1 October 1946 - Commander of Yugoslav Partisan Air Force
• until 1948 (1950?) - ambassador of FNRY in Argentina

Died

On 22 June 1954 in Ljubljana.

Reference

• Vojna enciklopedija

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