Boško Petrović (musician)
Boško Petrović may refer to: * Boško Petrović (aviator) (1911–1937), Serbian flying ace of the Spanish Civil War * Boško Petrović (writer) (1915–2001), Serbian writer and translator *Boško Petrović (footballer) (born 1975), Serbian footballer *Boško Petrović (musician) Boško Petrović may refer to: * Boško Petrović (aviator) (1911–1937), Serbian flying ace of the Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, ...

Boško Petrović (aviator)
Božidar "Boško" Petrović (7 April 1911 – 12 July 1937) was a Yugoslav fighter ace of the Spanish Civil War and professional footballer. Biography Boško Petrović was born in Bela Palanka in the Kingdom of Serbia in 1911. After the completion of his secondary education, he attended the University of Belgrade, studying law. While a student, Petrović began his professional football career, beginning his career at Belgrade clubs FK BASK and BUSK before joining FK Vojvodina in 1932. In 1934 he moved to SK Jugoslavija, one of the stronhest clubs in Yugoslavia, where he played until 1936. That same year he was in the Yugoslavia national football team and played a match in Paris against the French. It was also during this time he joined the then-illegal Communist Party of Yugoslavia. After graduating from university, Petrović joined the Royal Yugoslav Air Force and was sent to Novi Sad to train as a pilot cadet. He took advantage of a trip to Paris in 1936 with his footb ...
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Flying Ace
A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ace is varied, but is usually considered to be five or more. The concept of the "ace" emerged in 1915 during World War I, at the same time as aerial dogfighting. It was a propaganda term intended to provide the home front with a cult of the hero in what was otherwise a war of attrition. The individual actions of aces were widely reported and the image was disseminated of the ace as a chivalrous knight reminiscent of a bygone era. For a brief early period when air-to-air combat was just being invented, the exceptionally skilled pilot could shape the battle in the skies. For most of the war, however, the image of the ace had little to do with the reality of air warfare, in which fighters fought in formation and air superiority depended heavily on the relative availability ...
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Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, link=no) or The Uprising ( es, La Sublevación, link=no) among Republicans. was a civil war in Spain fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the left-leaning Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic, and consisted of various socialist, communist, separatist, anarchist, and republican parties, some of which had opposed the government in the pre-war period. The opposing Nationalists were an alliance of Falangists, monarchists, conservatives, and traditionalists led by a military junta among whom General Francisco Franco quickly achieved a preponderant role. Due to the international political climate at the time, the war had many facets and was variously viewed as cla ...
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Boško Petrović (writer)
Boško Petrović (; ) was a Serbian novelist and poet. He was also secretary and president of Matica Srpska. Biography Boško Petrović was born on 7 January 1915 in Oradea Mare (Veliki Varadin), grew up in Morović, and was educated in Novi Sad and Belgrade. During World War II, he was captured and taken to a German POW camp, and after the war, he settled in Novi Sad. He worked in the publishing company ''Budućnost'', then in the publishing company Matica Srpska, for a while as a director and then as an editor-in-chief, until his retirement in 1981. He was a member of the editorial board of the "Chronicle" of Matica Srpska (1953-1964), editor of the "Chronicle" of Matica Srpska(1965-1969), secretary of Matica Srpska (1969-1979), president of Matica Srpska (since 1991) and longtime member of the Board of the Serbian Literary Association. He was elected a corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts on 21 March 1974, and a full member on 7 May 1981. He died in ...
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Boško Petrović (footballer)
Boško Petrović ( sr-cyr, Бошко Петровић; born 20 April 1975) is a former Serbian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... player. References 1975 births Living people Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players Russian Premier League players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia FK Rad players FK Sileks players Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia Serbian men's footballers FK Javor Ivanjica players Men's association football defenders Place of birth missing (living people) {{Serbia-footy-defender-stub ...
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