Shootdown of aircraft Š-328.237
Letov Š-328 (serial number Š-328.237, year of manufacture 1937) · Unauthorised attack by a Hungarian pilot – shooting down of a Czechoslovak aircraft
From field airfield near Komjatice in the area of the village of Zemianska Olča to an unrecorded destination
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 1 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 2
- Survivors
- Unknown
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 1
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Military
Letov Š-328 (serial number Š-328.237, year of manufacture 1937)
- Aircraft type
- Letov 328
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- Unknown
- Operator
- Unknown
- Onboard fatalities
- 1
- Route
- From field airfield near Komjatice in the area of the village of Zemianska OlčaTo not recorded
Approximate · Estimated position: Lipové, near the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
The shooting down of aircraft Š-328.237 was an aerial incident between Czecho-Slovak and Hungarian airmen that took place on 25 October 1938 over Komárno District in what was then Czecho-Slovakia. A Czecho-Slovak Air Force aircraft of the Letov Š-328 type (serial number Š-328.237) was shot down over Czecho-Slovakia by a Hungarian Fiat CR.32 fighter violating Czecho-Slovak airspace, piloted by Lieutenant László Pongrácz. The observer, Lance Corporal (officer candidate) Jaromír Šotola, was killed; the pilot, Corporal Ján Kello, was injured in the emergency landing. It was the most serious aerial incident during the crisis period after the Munich Agreement, when fighting was taking place in the Czecho-Slovak–Hungarian borderland.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Slovak Wikipedia article “Zostrel lietadla Š-328.237” (revision 8071949, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
Sources
Slovak Wikipedia article: Zostrel lietadla Š-328.237
- Article
- Zostrel lietadla Š-328.237
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 8071949 · 2025-08-08 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q122680506
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- sk Wikipedia article "Zostrel lietadla Š-328.237" (page 700841, revision 8071949), translated into English with AI assistance
- Date
- Wikipedia article: the date in its opening sentence (the infobox gives none to the day)
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- Reviewed correction (2026-09-26): The Š-328 belonged to the Czecho-Slovak Air Force and was shot down in a border clash: a military flight. The article: "A Czecho-Slovak Air Force aircraft of the Letov Š-328 type (serial number Š-328.237) was shot down over Czecho-Slovakia"
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Slovak Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.