was increased to the size of a fighter wing, with Aladár Heppes in command. It was re-equipped with the latest Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10/U4 and G-14/U4 types equipped with MW-50 boost and the 3 cm MK 108 cannon. Eastern Front In the meantime the Russian troops stepped into Hungarian territory and the 101st's main adversary was the Red Air Force. The fight against the Russians were totally different, their operations consisted of ground attack, covering the ground troops and escorting Stukas and another bomber units. The Red Air Force used smaller units, usually in low or lower level as the USAAF. But, to shot down the heavy armored Iljusin Il-2 was also a challenge. The new Lavochkin and Yakovlev fighters were really good fighter planes, but the Hungarians lost a lot of pilots during ground attack sorties not against the fighters. The Red Army anti-aircraft guns were effective against the soft armored Messerschmitts. On March 21, the wing was moved from Veszprém to Kenyeri. On March 26 and 27 it continued to Grosspetersdorf and on the 29th to Tulln. On April 5 the wing was transferred to Raffelding. From April 6 the aircraft quantity was shortened to 16 per group. The last confirmed kill was achieved by Lieutenant Elemér Kiss on April 17 in the Milowitz area over a Jak-9. The last mission was carried out on April 23. Three pilots were missed in the action (actually they are in MIA status until today). On May 5 the day of surrender. The squadron laid down its arms before the commander of the U.S. 206th Engineering Battalion and went to the POW camp near Wels. Combat results On the Eastern Front, during 1943 (5/I. “Puma” Fighter Group), the Pumas were officially credited with the destruction of 70 Soviet aircraft, to which they added further 218 destroyed and credited during the Home Defence combats in 1944-45. They were credited with 64 American four-engined bombers, and 47 fighters of the USAAF Fifteenth Air Force in 1944-45. The total number of victories credited against all opposing forces was thus 396. Relative to the small number of 'Puma' pilots, the losses were heavy. The 101./I. osztály (group) bore the brunt of the fighting in the summer of 1944. Between its creation in the spring of 1944 and the end of the war, the group (and later, wing) suffered 51 killed, 30 wounded, 21 of them become