(that had become much more prone to stalls, after a steel plate was added behind the cockpit of all Reggianes, to protect pilots, but so shifting the plane's center of gravity) stalled and crashed. It was 20 August 1942 (18 August, according to other authors). His only son, Sharif István Horthy, is a successful engineer. Honors Hungary honoured István Horthy by issuing a commemorative postage-stamp on 15 October 1942. References Notes Bibliography Neulen, Hans Werner. In the skies of Europe: Air Forces Allied to the Luftwaffe 1939–1945. Ramsbury, Marlborough, UK: The Crowood Press, 2000. Punka, Gӳorge. Hungarian Aces of World War 2. Osprey Publishing, Oxford, England, 2002. . 1904 births 1942 deaths People from Pula Hungarian politicians Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents Hungarian nobility Hungarian military personnel of World War II Hungarian World War II pilots Hungarian military personnel killed in World War II Istvan I Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1942 Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the Soviet Union Hungarian national conservatives