 By April 1944, the MKHL still deployed four "Héja" IIs in 1/1 Fighter squadron and four "Hejas" II in 1/2, all of them based in Szolnok for home defence duties, along with about 40 Bf 109s and Messerschmitt Me 210s.The last sortie for the licence-built Reggiane Re.2000 occurred on 2 April 1944.That day, 180 bombers from the USAAF 15th Air Force, escorted by 170 fighters, bombed the Danube Aircraft Works and other targets in Budapest.