Ďumbala, Ondrej

     
Příjmení:
Surname:
Ďumbala Ďumbala
Jméno:
Given Name:
Ondrej Ondrej
Jméno v originále:
Original Name:
Ondrej Ďumbala
Fotografie či obrázek:
Photograph or Picture:
Hodnost:
Rank:
major major
Akademický či vědecký titul:
Academic or Scientific Title:
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Šlechtický titul:
Hereditary Title:
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Datum, místo narození:
Date and Place of Birth:
25.11.1912 Hybe /
25.11.1912 Hybe /
Datum, místo úmrtí:
Date and Place of Decease:
28.03.1945 pravděpodobně Mauthausen /
28.03.1945 probably Mauthausen /
Nejvýznamnější funkce:
(maximálně tři)
Most Important Appointments:
(up to three)
velitel Letky 13 slovenského letectva
zástupce velitele letectva 1. československé armády
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Jiné významné skutečnosti:
(maximálně tři)
Other Notable Facts:
(up to three)
příslušník slovenských Vzdušných zbraní
účastník protifašistického odboje
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Související články:
Related Articles:

Zdroje:
Sources:
Bursa, Stano: Major letectva Ondrej Ďumbala, Revi 29 a 30, ISSN 1211-0744
Láník, Jaroslav a kolektiv: Vojenské osobnosti československého odboje 1939-1945. Ministerstvo obrany ČR-AVIS, Praha 2005, ISBN 80-7278-233-9
Cséfalvay, František a kol: Vojenské osobnosti dejín Slovenska 1939-1945. Bratislava, Vojenský historický ústav, 2013. ISBN:978-80-89523-20-7
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Příjmení:
Surname:
Ďumbala Ďumbala
Jméno:
Given Name:
Ondrej Ondrej
Jméno v originále:
Original Name:
Ondrej Ďumbala
Všeobecné vzdělání:
General Education:
DD.MM.1929-DD.MM.1933 Štátna priemyselná škola strojnícka, Košice /
DD.MM.1929-DD.MM.1933
Vojenské vzdělání:
Military Education:
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.1934 Škola pro důstojníky pěchoty v záloze
01.10.1934-01.08.1936 Vojenská akademie
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.1934
01.10.1934-01.08.1936 Military Academy
Důstojnické hodnosti:
Officer Ranks:
01.08.1936 poručík letectva
DD.MM.1939 nadporučík letectva
DD.MM.RRRR stotník letectva
01.04.1943 major letectva
01.08.1936 Lieutenant
DD.MM.1939 1st Lieutenant
DD.MM.RRRR Captain
D1.04.1943 Major
Průběh vojenské služby:
Military Career:
01.08.1936-DD.MM.193R Letecký pluk 3
DD.MM.193R-DD.03.1939 Letka 37
DD.03.1939-01.01.1940 Letka 37 (velitel)
01.01.1940-20.04.1943 Letka 13 (velitel)
DD.MM.1943-01.01.1944 Letecký park
01.01.1944-29.08.1944 Letecká škola (dočasný velitel)
DD.09.1944-27.10.1944 Letecká skupina 1. čs. armády na Slovensku (zástupce velitele)
01.08.1936-DD.MM.193R 3rd Air Regiment
DD.MM.193R-DD.03.1939 37th Flight
DD.03.1939-01.01.1940 Letka 37 (Commander)
01.01.1940-20.04.1943 13th Flight (Commander)
DD.MM.1943-01.01.1944 Aviation Parc
01.01.1944-29.08.1944 Air School (Temporary Commander)
DD.09.1944-27.10.1944 Air Group of 1st Czechoslovak Army in Slovakia (Deputy Commander)
Vyznamenání:
Awards:
Poznámka:
Note:
V stíhacom boji dosiahol jeden zostrel - I-16. Fighter - 1 claim.
Zdroje:
Sources:
Bursa, Stano: Major letectva Ondrej Ďumbala, Revi 29 a 30, ISSN 1211-0744
Láník, Jaroslav a kolektiv: Vojenské osobnosti československého odboje 1939-1945. Ministerstvo obrany ČR-AVIS, Praha 2005, ISBN 80-7278-233-9
Cséfalvay, František a kol: Vojenské osobnosti dejín Slovenska 1939-1945. Bratislava, Vojenský historický ústav, 2013. ISBN 978-80-89523-20-7
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Major of Air Force Ondrej Ďumbala



Commander 1. Garrison Letka 13, commander of pilot retraining on Messerschmitt Bf 109, participant in the Slovak National Uprising, during which he served as deputy commander of the air group 1. Czechoslovak Army. Universally recognized authority in the history of Slovak aviation.


Ondrej Ďumbala was born on 25 November 1912 in Hyba. In 1932, he began attending the Higher Industrial School of Mechanical Engineering in Košice. In 1934 he graduated from the Infantry Reserve Officers' School and in 1936 from the Military Academy in Hranice in Moravia. In early 1939, he qualified as a fighter pilot and served in the fighter Letka-37 Letecký-pluk-3-smiseny" target="_blank">Letecký-pluk-3. After the establishment of the Slovak State (14 March 1939), he became the commander of the aforementioned Letky 37 of Perute III Letecký regiment.


When Hungarian troops attacked the eastern Slovak border on 23.03.1939, the squadron under Ďumbal's command was immediately dispatched to the east. The next day, 24.03.1939, its machines landed Avia B-534 in the morning hours, at the Spišská Nová Ves airfield.


Ďumbala also took part in the attack on Poland in September 1939. Subsequently, he took command of Letka 13, which took part in fighter training at the Schlessheim - "A" Schule Klagenfurt flight school from 04.01.1940 to 01.03.1940.


In the rank of centurion, he also led Letka 13 during retraining for the Messerschmitt Bf 109 E at the Danish Karup-Grove airbase. The training was attended by 19 pilots and 87 ground personnel of the Slovak Air Force. The training took place from 25.02.1942 to 01.07.1942 (the date of the official end of the course) and the pilots flew in the Arado Ar 96 B (12 to 18 flights on average), Bf 109 B/D (9 to 15 flights), and finally Bf 109 E (9 to 15 flights). The pilots and their Bf 109 E aircraft were moved in stages with stopovers for refuelling. A flypast of 10 machines began on 2 July 1942 under the direction of German instructor Oblt. Reinwald and arrived at their destination at Airport Piešt'any on 3 July 1942. The pilots Stefan Martiš and Ďumbala were two days behind the group for technical reasons.


After arriving in Slovakia, the squadron continued to practice frontline operations, group flights and simulated combat.


On October 27, 1942, Piestany began the transfer of Squadron 13 to the Eastern Front. A group of 7 Bf 109 E and one Praga E-241 arrived at Majkop on 4 November 1942. Slovak airmen served there as part of II Group JG 52 (13th slow.Staffel/JG 52). The Slovaks replaced the Croatian 15th Squadron in the JG 52 line-up, which was withdrawn to be re-equipped with the Bf 109 G.


In January 1943, the pilots were moved to Krasnodar airfield. It was in January 1943 that Dumbala shot down a Soviet fighter, according to German sources it was an I-16. In mid-February 1943, the squadron moved to Crimea, more specifically to Taman airfield. Here, the squadron re-equipped itself with the Bf 109 G "Gustav". In celebration of the 50th shoot-down (achieved by Jan Gerthofer on 21 March 1943), the Reich Marshal of the Luftwaffe Hermann Göring sent a letter to Ďumbal expressing his appreciation to the Slovak fighters.


On 1 April 1943, the Squadron moved to Anapa, where it was relieved by the 2nd Garrison. On this day, Ďumbala was promoted to Major of the Air Force. With the change of garrisons, Ďumbala was relieved by Air Force Captain Joseph Palenicek on 20 April. During his stay at the East Fort he made 14 combat sorties.


After his arrival from the East, Ďumbala was entrusted with various functions related to the training of Slovak pilots, ranging from commander of training on Bf 109 aircraft to commander of the Piešt'any airfield. In addition, he increased his own flying expertise on various types of aircraft.


Dumbala, however, was sympathetic to the anti-Fascist position and supported preparations for the uprising. During the uprising, he served as deputy commander of the Aerospace Group of the 1st Czechoslovak Army. From November 1944, he was active in the mountains, but due to failing health he had to hide in Liptovský Mikuláš. Here, too, he continued to support the rebel forces until his arrest by the Gestapo on 10 January 1945. After a series of interrogations, he was sent to an unknown location and was officially pronounced dead on 28 March 1945, with his place of death also unknown. However, it was most likely the Mauthausen concentration camp.


During his time on the Eastern Front, he made 14 combat sorties.


Decorations:
1939 - Eisernkreuz 2.Kl.
1943 - Eisernkreuz 1.Kl.
1943 - Front air clasp for fighters in bronze
1943 - Commemorative medal with plate
1943 - Medal for heroism 2nd degree
1943 - Military Victory Cross IV. Class
1944 - Order of the Crown of King Zvonimir 2nd Class with swords
1944 - Virtutea aeronautica - Chevalier
1945 - Czechoslovak Military Medal for Merit 1st Class


Source:
Military Personalities of the Czechoslovakia
1945 - Czechoslovak Military Medal for Merit 1st Class


Source:
Military Personalities of the Czechoslovakia. Odboja; Prague 2005; ISBN 80-7278-233-9
Letka 13 v dokumentoch a obrazoch - Bystrický, Šumichrast; Magnet Press Slovakia 2004, ISBN 80-89169-02-3
Slovenští letci/Slovak airmen 1939-1945 - Rajlich, Sehnal; 1991
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