ROMANIA
World War II
- In early 1944, the Romanians started a point system for victories. Pilots were awarded 3 victories for shooting down a 4 or 6 engined aircraft, 2 victories for a 2 or 3 engined aircraft and 1 point for a single engined aircraft. Prior to this all aircraft downed were counted as just 1 victory.
Aircraft destroyed
Name Points/Victories Confirmed Unconf./Prob. on Ground Units Other Sources Comments
Cantacuzino, Constantin 69 43 [42+1] 11 - Gr 5,7 & 9 vân 56|45, 56+13
Serbănescu, Alexandru 55 44 8 - Gr 7 & 9 vân 47|44, 47+8
Milu, Ioan 52 33 4[3+1] 1 Gr 1,7 & 9 vân 45|N/A,45+6 1.
Vizanti, Dan Valentin 43+ 16 [15+1] ? - Gr 1,3 & 6 vân 16| 8
Rosariu, Constantin 33 14 2 4 Gr 7 vân 27|N/A
Chirvăsută, Cristea 31 18 4 - Gr 7 & 9 vân 20|20
Maga, Ioan 29 15 5 - Gr 5,7 & 8 vân 18|15, 18+1
Mucenica, Ioan 27 22 [21+1] 2 - Gr 7 & 9 vân 19|18
Gavriliu, Vasile A. 27 14 2 5 [4+1] Gr 9 & 7 vân 17|14, 17+2+7
Greceanu, Teodor 24+ 18 5 1 Gr 7 & 9 vân 20|20, 20+4
Lungulescu, Constantin 24+ 18 [17+1] 2 - Gr 7 & 9 vân 15|14
Di Cesare, Ioan 23+ 16 3 ? Gr 7 vân 19|16
Ilie, Dumitru 22 9 3 2 Gr 6 & 8 vân 12| 8
Mălăcescu Ioan 21+ 16 3 - Gr 7 & 9 vân 13|11
Popescu-Ciocănel, Gheorghe 19 13 1 - Gr 9 vân 14|10
Scurtu, Dan 19+ 9 3 2 Gr 7 vân 10| 8
Zăbavă, Teodor 18+ 11 [10+1] 3 4 Gr 8 vân and asalt 11|11
Rădulescu, Andrei 18 10 4 - Gr 5 & 9 vân 13| 9
Vinca, Tiberiu 17+ 13 [12+1] 3 1 Gr 7 & 9 vân 15|13
Dârjan, Trajan 17+ 11 1 - Gr 9 vân 11| 8
Bulat, Mihai 17 9 [4+5] - - Gr 4 & 6 vân 12| 4
Nicola, Ioan 16 10 [6+4] - - Gr 1,3 & 9 vân 10| 5
Dobran, Ion 15 9 3 1 Gr 9 vân 13|10, 10+3+1
Mihordea, Mihai 15 9 1 - Gr 4 vân 13| 8
Fulga, Eugen 15 9 [3+6] 1 - Gr 3 & 4 vân
Dumitrescu, Stefan 15 6 2 - Gr 3 & 6 vân 10| 5
Tifrea, Aurel 15 4 1 1 Gr 1 vân 14| 5
Stănică, Gheorghe 15 3 2 - Gr 2 vân 9| 3
Camencianu, Evgenie (Eugen) 14+ 7 3 - Gr 5 vân 8| 8
Popescu, Constantin 14+ 7 1 - Gr 1 & 6 vân 16| 8
Cojocaru, Petre 14 4 [3+1] 1 - Gr 2 vân 9| 3
Dumitrescu, Mircea 13 8 [6+2] 2 [1+1] - Gr 3 & 6 vân 10| 7
Micu, Ioan 13 8 [7+1] 1 3 Gr 8 & 9 vân
Moraru, Iosif 13+ 7 4 1 Gr 7 & 9 vân 8| 7
Toma, Lucian 13+ 7 - - Gr 5,9 & 9 vân 8| 4
Agarici, Horia 13 6 2 - Gr 5 & 7 vân 10| 6, 10+2
Chera, Dumitru 13 |+3*| 5 [4+1] - 2* Gr 1 & 6 vân 7| 3, 7+1 2.
Dusescu, Hariton 12 9 1 1 Gr 7 & 9 vân 5| 5
Tutuianu, Gheorghe 12+ 8 2 - Gr 8 vân 7| 5
Galea, Ion 12+ 5 2 - Gr 5 & 9 vân 12+2
Cristea, Gheorghe 12 4 [3+1] - - Gr 1 vân 15| 5
Bârlădeanu, Ioan 12 3 [2+1] 1 - Gr 1 van 9| 3
Polizu-Micsunesti, Nicolae 11 10 - - Gr 7 vân 10|10, 10+1
Ursache, Constantin 11 8 1 - Gr 5,7 & 9 vân 8| 6
Panaite, Ioan 11 8 1 - Gr 7 & 9 vân 7| 5
Cristu, Cristu I. 11 8 [4+4] - - Gr 3 & 4 vân 8| 6
Greceanu, Stefan 11 7 3 - Gr 7 vân 9| 9
Ivancievici Ioan 11 5 [2+3] 2 - Gr 3 & 4 vân
Alexiu, Florian 11+ 5 1 2 Gr 8 vân 3+1+2
Macri, Nicolae 11 5 - - Gr 3 & 4 vân
Ciutac, Stefan Octavian 11 5 - 1 Gr 7 & 9 vân
Burileanu, Nicolae 10+ 8 1 1 Gr 7 vân 5| 5
Muresan, Liviu 10 7 2 - Gr 7 vân 8| 7
Catană, Laurentiu 10 7 - 1 Gr 7 vân 5| 5
Dimache, Ioan 10 7 [6+1] - - Gr 3 & 6 vân 12| 8
Dimache, Constantin 10 7 [4+3] - - Gr 4 & 6 vân
Bălan, Emil 10 5 2 - Gr 9 vân
Baciu, Dumitru 10 |+3| 5 [4+1] 2 [1+1] 1 Gr 1 & 6 vân 7| 4 3.
Mazilu, Mircea 10+ 4 [2+2] 3 - Gr 3 & 7 vân 5| 3
Hăpăianu, Gheorghe 9 7 2 - Gr 4 & 7 vân
Stefănescu, Parsifal 9 7 - - Gr 5 & 8 vân
Budu, Florian 9 7 - 2 Gr 6 & 8 vân 16|N/A
Cordescu, Petre 9 6 - - Gr 5 vân 5| 5
Moldoveanu, Alexandru 9 4 2 - Gr 7 vân 9| 7
Senchea, Mircea 9 3 3 - Gr 9 vân
Parsinopol, Gheorghe 9 3 - - Gr 1 vân
Sandu, Ioan 9 2 1 - Gr 1 vân 6| 2
Sandru, Jean (Ioan) 9 2 1 - Gr 7 vân
Mociornită, Gheorghe 9 2 1 - Gr 1 & 2 vân
Mihăilescu, Petre 9 2 1 - Gr 1 vân 6| 2
Georgescu, Constantin 9 2 1 - Gr 1 vân
Baltă, Constantin 9 2 1 - Sc de vân 6| 2, 6+3
Grigore, Panait 9 1 2 - Gr 1 vân
Cocebas, Gheorghe 8 6 - - Gr 6 & 8 vân 10| 9
Nicoară, Constantin 8 5 2 - Gr 7 & 9 vân 6| 5 4.
Pucas, Stefan 8 4 1 - Gr 8 vân and asalt 6| 4
Georgescu, Emil 8 4 1 - Gr 5 vân ^
Marinciu, Ioan 8 4 - - Gr 7 & 9 vân 6| 4, 6+8
Grecu, Gheorghe Alexandru 8 3 1 [0+1] - Gr 2 & 4 vân 6| 3
Anastasescu, Carol 8 2 1 - Gr 6 vân 8| 2
Florea, Ioan 7 5 - - Gr 3 & 7 vân 5.
Fortu, Vasile 7+ 4 2 1 Gr 8 vân
Pomut, Constantin 7 4 1 - Gr 5 & 7 vân 7| 7
Vlădăreanu, Aurel 7 3 - - Gr 6 vân 5| 2
Mirilă, Vasile 7 3 - 1 Gr 1 & vân 5| 3
Ionescu Titus Gherghe 7 2 1 - Gr 3 & 4 vân
Reinek, Radu 6 6 [5+1] - - Gr 8 vân
Selei, Erich Richard 6 5 1 - Gr 8 vân 5| 5
Vonica, Ioan 6 5 - 1 Gr 8 vân 2+0+1
Popescu, Constantin 6 5 - - Gr 5 vân
Niculescu, Dumitru 6 5 [2+3] - - Gr 3 vân
Anca, Iuliu 6 4 1 - Gr 8 vân 5| 4
Chiuhulescu, Iosif 6 4 [1+3] 1 - Gr 3 vân
Turcanu, Pavel 6 4 - 1 Gr 9 vân
Florescu, Stefan 6+ 3 - - Gr 1 & 5 vân 6.
Butnaru, Gheorghe 6 3 [1.]
Naghirneac, Nicoale 6 2 2 - Gr 7 & 9 vân
Taflan, Eugen 6 2 1 - Gr 4 & 7 vân
Scurtu, Petre 6 2 [0+2] - - Gr 8 vân
Neagoe, Gheorghe 6 2 [1.]
Marulis, Andrei 6 2 [1+1] - - Gr 1 vân
Gulan, Gheorghe 6+ 2 [1+1] - ? Gr 1 vân 7.
Bucsa, Pavel 6 2 - - Gr 6 vân
Anghelescu, Virgil 6 2 - - Gr 1 vân
Teodorescu, Mircea 6 1 1 - Gr 1 vân
Ionită, Vasile 6 1 1 - Gr 4 vân
Brătianu, Vintila 5+ 5 - - Gr 7 vân
Belcin, Mihai 5+ 5 [4+1] - - Gr 6 vân 1+1
Mihăilescu, Ioan 5 4 1 - Gr 8 vân
Iordache, Florea 5 4 1 - Gr 7 vân
Simionescu, Ioan 5+ 4 ? - Gr 7 & 9 vân
Neascu, Romeo 5 3 2 - Gr 3 & 7 vân 8.
Miron, Costin 5 3 2 - Gr 7 & 9 vân
Droc, Emil 5 3 2 - Gr 6 vân
Pisoschi, Gheorghe 5 3 [2+1] 1 - Gr 6 vân
Logotheti, Nicolae Sculey 5 3 1 - Gr 5 & 8 vân
Economu, Alexandru 5 3 1 - Gr 7 & 9 vân
Rosescu, Ioan 5 3 - - Gr 5 vân
Iolu, Nicolae 5 3 - 1 Gr 7 vân
Ghica, Marin 5+ 3 - 2 Gr 5 vân 1+3 9.
Encioiu, Dumitru 5 3 - - Gr 9 vân
Bocsan, Ioan 5+ 3 - 2+ Gr 7 vân
Bătrânu, Nicolae 5 2 1 - Gr 7 & 9 vân
Pascu, Vasile 5 2 1 [0+1] - Gr 8 vân and asalt 0+3
Muresan, Clemente 5 2 - - Gr 2 vân
Constantinescu, Petre 5 1 1 - Gr 6 vân
Manoliu, ALexandru 5+ 1 - 4 Gr 7 vân
Dobrescu, Gheorghe ? 2 2nd LRR Sq.
Stoian, Dan ? 1 5&6 B Gr., 2 LRR Sq.
Schmaltz, Wilhelm ? 1 5th B Sr. BO
Marinescu, Eugen "Matra" ? 1 5th B Gr. BO
Gânescu, Rene ? 1 5th B Gr. BP
Georgescu, Emil ? 1 5th B Gr. ^, LP/BO
Claru, Vasile ? 1 Gr 8 vân
Batacui, Corneliu ? 1 1st LRR Sq.
Badulescu, Mircea "Gicu" ? 1 8th A/DB Gr.
Pop, Horia ? - 2 - 52nd F Sq.
Comments:
- Also credited with the destruction of T-34 tank.
- Unauthorised strafing of enemy airfield and two victories not claimed and not entered in combat reports.
- Unauthorised strafing of enemy airfield, kill not entered in combat reports. Yak fighter shot down 4 May 1945 not confirmed either.
- Made last AAR victory claim of war - Bf 109K - over Slovakia 1 April 1945.
- One by ramming, I-16 on 38 August 1941.
- Scored last kill against Allies - VVS Pe-2 - on 24 August 1944.
- Personal Aircraft showed three ground victory markings, but no official confirmation of victories has been found.
- Privately claims 18 aircraft shot down and 2500 hours flown, but not confirmed afficially.
- One source mentions that the B-24D Cpt av Marin Ghica attacked on last sortie eventually crased, but with no witness to cofirme the 'kill' it is not counted in the final tally.
| ^ | May be some person. |
| [1.] | Source: Romanian Royal Aeronautics, http://www.worldwar2.ro/arr/. |
| A/DB Gr. | : Assault/Dive Bomber Group |
| B Gr. | : Bomber Group |
| F Sq. | : Fighter Squadron |
| LRR Sq. | : Long Range Recon Squadron |
| Sc de vân | : Fighter School at Brasov |
| LP | : Liaison Pilot |
| BO | : Bomber Observer |
| BP | : Bomber Pilot |
Cpt. av. (r) Constantin Cantacuzino flew this Bf-109G4 in the summer of 1944,
as part of the 9th Fighter Group. Note the 40 victory marks on the fin.
The IAR-81C no. 344 was flown by cpt. av. Dan Vizanti on 10 June 1944,
when he claimed two P-38s of the 71st Fighter Squadron.
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