Josip Križaj (pilot)
Josip Križaj may refer to: * Josip Križaj (aviator) (1911–1948), Slovene military pilot *Josip Križaj (opera singer) Josip Križaj (5 March 1887 in Vevče, Ljubljana – 30 July 1968 in Zagreb) was a Slovene opera singer. He was a bass who started performing at the Zagreb Opera The Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb ( hr, Hrvatsko narodno kazalište u Z ...

Josip Križaj (aviator)
Josip Križaj (13 March 1911 – 8 October 1948), also known by the Italianized name ''Giuseppe Krizai'', nicknamed ''Pepi'', was a Slovene ( Yugoslav) military pilot and a veteran of the Spanish Civil War. Križaj was born in Kopriva on the Karst Plateau, then part of the Austro-Hungarian county of Gorizia and Gradisca. After World War I, the region became part of the Kingdom of Italy and Križaj became an Italian citizen. Already at a young age he showed a passion for flight, which led him to pursue a pilot's course at the royal officer school in Capua near Naples, Italy. Due to his Slovene ethnic origins, he was not allowed into the regular Italian Royal Air Force The Italian Royal Air Force (''Regia Aeronautica Italiana'') was the name of the air force of the Kingdom of Italy. It was established as a service independent of the Royal Italian Army from 1923 until 1946. In 1946, the monarchy was aboli ..., but he was nevertheless granted a place in the reserve ...
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