Messerschmitt Bf.109G - Slovak users, part two

As we said in the previous post, the Slovak Air Force didn't see action just in the eastern front, but also in the skies above their homeland as they defended it against Allied air raids.
One of those pilots was Gerthofer, Kovarik and 'Jozo' Stauder, who just after receiving a new Bf.109G-6 in January 1944 was sent to reinforce the local Slovak Air Arms Group in the east of the country in the wake of the No.13 Squadron at the hands of USAAF escort fighters on 26th June 1944. However, as the Bf.109Gs weren't property of their pilots, when it was being flown by rotnik Karol Geletko, with one kill, crashed the fighter whilst trying to land the aircraft at Isla airfield, near Presov, damaging his aircraft and forcing to write it off.
Other Slovak pilots like Juraj Puskar led the defence against American B-24s on 26th June 1944 and was killed that same day when he tried to intercept a heavily escorted formation of American bombers. On that day, six Slovakian fighters were destroyed with three pilots killed and six of them seriously wounded. Puskar saw himself surrounded by Mustangs and the aircraft, with Puskar mortally wounded, crashed near the village of Home Lovice with the pilot still strapped into his seat.
Those pilots that served in the eastern front also served in this campaign, like Jozef Stauder who, on that famous 26th June, when the No.13 Squadron was decimated, managed to survive after his aircraft was heavily damaged by American fighters but he successfully belly-landed near Ivanka pri Dunaji.
Another Slovak ace was Frantisek Hanovec with 5 confirmed kills and plus another unconfirmed one. His last fight took place on that same 26th June when he was shot down by P-38 Lightnings. He managed to belly-land near Brunovce with his aircraft being damaged beyond repair.
Shortly after Romanian and Soviet troops entered Slovakia, many Slovak troops defected and turned against the Germans in September 1944, That's when the Slovak Insurgent Air Force was created with a single Combined Squadron that was equipped with a mixture of various type of aicraft ranging from ex-Czechoslovak Avia B.534 to Bf.109Gs. One of those pilots was Rudolf Bozik who joined the Insurgent Air Force at Tri Duby in central Slovakia. The markings of the Slovak Air Force were hastly replaced by the new ones and, as was being usual, it was shared by other pilots, although Bozik was almost its most usual pilot. Bozik had 9 victories with the Slovak Air Force plus two more with the Insurgent Air Force. On 6th September he shot, down, with another pilot,  a Fw.189 followed by another destroyed Ju.88 on 16th September and another Fw.189 on 4th October.
The Insurgent Air Force was disbanded on 25th October when German troops surrounded Tri Duby airfiled, which the main airfield of the Insurgent Air Base.

Sources:
1. Osprey - Aircraft of the Aces 58 - Slovakian and Bulgarian Aces of World War 2
2. https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenské_vzdušné_zbrane (translated)
3. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters