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Mar 25, 1958 Gornja Stubica, Krapina Zagorje County, Croatia Died on 02 May 1995 (aged 37)
Croatian fighter pilot
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About Rudolf Perein
- Rudolf Perešin (25 March 1958 – 2 May 1995) was a Croatian fighter pilot serving in the Yugoslav Air Force (JRZ) during the 1991–95 Croatian War of Independence who defected to the Croatian side in October 1991, by flying his MiG-21 fighter jet from Željava Air Base to Klagenfurt, Austria, on a reconnaissance flight for the JRZ.
- He was the first pilot to desert from the Yugoslav Air Force.
- Following his defection he continued to fly missions for the Croatian Air Force and was shot down in May 1995 by Serb Krajina military forces, resulting in his death.
