Oblt Friedrich Navratil by Ivan Berryman. SIG535 the group was re-assigned to

the group was re-assigned to intercept enemy aircraft in the region of Limburg almost immediately the pilots were airborne

The cross on the fuselage sides was applied in an unusually forward position

rising to the rank of Colonel prior to his retirement to Florida in 1965

000 men fell

Fuentes Onoro

Oblt Friedrich Navratil by Ivan Berryman. SIG535 the group was re-assigned toDHM6605. Oblt Friedrich Navratil by Ivan Berryman. Born of Croatian parents in Sarajevo in 1893, Friedrich Navratil served under the Austro Hungarian flag throughout his considerable military career, becoming an outstanding pilot with Flik 3J on the Italian Front. He is depicted here chasing down a Hanriot of 72A Squadriglia da Caccia over Val del Concei in August 1918 to claim his third of ten victories. Navratil's distictive Albatross D. III (Oef)