laterwork branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards birth_date rank article_title name
founder and first commanding officer of czechoslovak air force aviation flik ; czechoslovak air force 23 ; fliegerersatzkompanie 2 ; prague military police prague , czechoslovakia 24 september 1926 prague , bohemia , austria-hungary austro-hungarian empire ; czechoslovakia flik 8 ; flik 4 military merit cross 3rd class , german iron cross 22 october 1883 hauptmann heinrich kostrba
 jindřich kostrba
heinrich kostrba

hauptmann heinrich -lrb- jindřich -rrb- kostrba was an austro-hungarian aviator -lrb- of czech origin -rrb- , the first which to score three victories in a single day , on 18 february 1916 , and three more on 29 june 1916 .
he went on to amass eight aerial victories and become a squadron leader and flying ace .
as world war i ended , kostrbra helped the czech independence movement overthrow the austro-hungarian government .
he became the first commanding officer of the czechoslovak air force .
on 24 september 1926 , he was killed in a midair collision .
