Piano - "Zongora") Squadron Leader: Captain Miklós Scholtz The squadron was created by renaming the 2/1st Tőr (Dagger) Fighter Squadron. 101/2. Fighter Squadron (nickname: Radish - "Retek") Squadron Leader: Captain György Újszászy The squadron was formed by renaming the 1/1st Dongó (Bumblebee) Fighter Squadron. 101/3. Fighter Squadron (nickname: Wire Brush - "Drótkefe") Squadron Leader: First lieutenant József Bejczy The squadron was formed by renaming the 5/3rd Kőr-Ász (Heart As) Fighter Squadron. The red Puma head and motto The howling red puma head of the unit first appeared in the Royal Hungarian Air Force in 1938. Heppes Aladár designed it, and Baráth László drew the original graphic. Unlike other unit insignia, the red Puma head was not attached to a particular unit, but to the commander, Heppes Aladár, following him to his new commands. It was first used by the 1/3. (later renamed 2/2.) vadászrepülő század (fighter squadron), and then the 5/I. vadászosztály (fighter group) on the Eastern front. Ultimately, it was the unit insignia of the 101. Honi Légvédelmi Vadászrepülő Osztály and later, the 101. Honi Légvédelmi Vadászezred. The motto, "Vezérünk a bátorság, kísérőnk a szerencse!" (Courage is our leader, luck is our escort) is originating to the commanding officer of the 1/3. vadászrepülő század, Nagy Mihály. The American Season The first sortie was on 24. May 1944. The US bombers attacked Wien and crossed Hungarian territory. Only the 101/1. squadron flown a sortie with 13 planes. They attacked the bombers and claimed five of them and additionally a Mustang for one killed, three wounded and seven Bf 109. There were some additional sortie, but until 14. June, the group could not encounter to the allies. On 14. June 31 Hungarian Bf 109 attacked 15 P-38 of 14. FG, 49. FS. The Pumas claimed five P-38 with one loss (JG 302 also claimed one P-38). The further actions were mostly successful, but the losses were heavy. E.g. on 16. June the group claimed seven P-38 (Sergeant Mátyás Lőrinc claimed alone three P-38 and the kills were confirmed although only one P-38 was downed.) and one P-47, but lost four pilots. During 'The American Season', between May and August 1944, the 101. had claimed 15 P-51s, 33 P-38s and 56 four-engined bombers. The losses were, however, heavy, and the unit was pulled out for rest and refit for a brief period during the autumn. On 19 September 1944, the osztály (group)