Lieutenant József Kiss de Elemér et Ittebe was a World War I flying ace for the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Kiss' personal aircraft was painted black with a large white 'K' on either side of the fuselage, and he would wield it with a courage bordering on recklessness.

Comrades included fellow aces Julius Arigi and Josef von Maier, who formed the rest of his flight,[8] and the three of them became known as the Kaiser Staffel (Emperor's Squadron).

As Kiss's score mounted he was turned down for commissioning as an officer because of his humble family background[3] and incomplete schooling.

A sizable flyover of opposing Allied planes,[1] including British, French, and Italians,[4] dropped a funeral wreath with a note attached.