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...Hungarian entente. He despatched as a gift to the Hungarian Government a brand new Italian plane painted boldly with the words "Justice for Hungary!" Next he commanded that a memorial shaft be raised to the two Hungarian airmen who lost their lives in the crash, George Enders and Julius Bittay. Finally Italy's Dictator sent to each of the dead men's families in Hungary a present of 50,000 lire...
...flew Capt. George ("Yurga") Endres in the Lockheed Justice for Hungary which he flew from the U. S. last year. Just before the take-off Capt. Alexander Magyar, his transatlantic flying companion with whom Capt. Endres later quarreled, withdrew from the Rome jaunt. In his place went Capt. Julius Bittay. Arrived over Littorio Airport the plane went into a sideslip, unaccountably crashed. Before the eyes of other famed airmen gathered to greet them, Flyers Endres and Bittay died in flames...
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