Josef Pürer [SEP] conflict
Josef Pürer
Oberleutnant Josef Pürer was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. He was one of only four aces to win two awards of the Military Merit Cross.
that was the day that Fejes and Josef Pürer singlehandedly took on a flight of Italian Nieuport fighters, claiming two and having their own plane downed near Schönpass in the process. Certainly, Fejes' reputation with his superiors did not hurt; they evaluated him as "earnest, modest, industrious, dependable" with good technical knowledge but a poor command of German. That his victories were scored in the course of the usual duties of a reconnaissance squadron could not fail to impress.
In early October 1917, Fejes was transferred