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Chronological Listing of Early Romanian |
Pre World War One
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | |
| 13th September 1913 | Romanian Civilian born in Bintinti | Vlaicu II | Crashed close to Ploiesti during a flight with his own airplane over Carpathian mountains | Aurel Vlaicu killed |
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World War One
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | |
1918 - 1939
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | |
| 29th August 19?? | Fernic Cruisaire monoplane | Crashed at the National Air Races held at Curtis Reynolds Airport, Chicago |
George B. Fernic killed |
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| Monday 25th May 1930 | ?? | Daneasa Airdrome | Engine failure at 600 feet. Crashed at Bucharest | |||||
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Prince Mircea
Cantacuzčne [Cantacuzino] |
his
wife injured [it is believed that the female passenger was actually Mme Polizu] |
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FLIGHT 30th May 1930 |
"The Prince was a supporter of the exiled Prince Carol, and on the night before his death he had been dropping leaflets from his machine over Bucharest to advocate the return of Prince Carol." |
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TIME 9th June 1930 |
Prince Mircea Cantacuzčne, ardent supporter of abdicated Crown Prince Carol of Rumania; at Baneasa, Rumania; when an airplane from which he had been dumping pro-Carol pamphlets over Bucharest suddenly went down out of control. Two years ago Prince Carol himself chartered a plane, started to fly from England to Bucharest to distribute aerial propaganda, but British authorities restrained him (TIME, May 14, 1928). | |||||||
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| 9th December 1931 | IAR CV 11 | Engine failure. Attempted forced landing. Crashed near Bucharest during the world 500 km closed circuit speed record attempt | Captain Romeo Popescu killed in crash | |||||
| 20th July 1938 | Romanian Royal Air Force | Twin engined monoplane | During take off in an attempt to cross the Atlantic the aircraft hit a stone wall around the private airport in Connecticut | Captain Alexander Papana |
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| 13th February 1938 |
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Crashed while flying to Huszt, Carpartho-Ukraine with the leader of the "Fascist Iron Guard" on his way to form a Rumanian Legion | ||||||
| Pilot injured | Passenger Victor Dimitrescu injured | |||||||
World War Two
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | |
| 25th April 1943 | 7th Fighter Group | Crash landed | adj. stg. Tiberiu Vinca |
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| 6th June1943 | 57th Fighter Squadron (7th Fighter Group) | Too low to bail-out - crash landed | cmdr. Romanescu | |||||
| 26th June 1943 | Patrolling in the Kirpiscevo-Rumianki sector | Adj. av. Laurenţiu Cătană bailed out over Soviet lines and captured | ||||||
| 10th October 1943 | 7th Fighter Group | Shot down by Soviet fighters | Muresan | |||||
| 19th August 1943 | Bf 109 E | Ion Milu |
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| 10th October 1943 | 7th Fighter Group | Shot down by Soviet fighters | Nicoara "ditched" in shallow water - rescued by German boat | |||||
| 10th October 1943 | 7th Fighter Group | Shot down by Soviet fighters. Managed to crash near the lines of the Romanian 4th Mountain Division | Alexandru Şerbănescu |
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| 18th August 1944 | 7th Fighter Group | Lost in combat with USAAF aircraft P-51s and P-38s |
Alexandru Şerbănescu KIA |
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| 13th March 1944 |
56th Fighter
Squadron 9th Fighter Group Pipera airfield near Bucharest |
Hit by defensive machine gun fire from German He-111 bombers. entered a spin and crashed into the ground | adj. Tiberiu Vinca |
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| 23rd June 1944 | Bf-109G | 48th Fighter Squadron | Shot down by USAAF fighters that were escorting bombers to attack Ploesti. Crash landed 13 km west of Gaesti |
lt. av. Tudor
Greceanu injured Spent two months in hospital |
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| 8th August 1944 | Shot down by USAAF P-38 | Ion Milu bailed-out. Dislocated his shoulder |
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| 25th February 1945 | Bf-109G | 9th Fighter Group | Shot down by German Bf-109Gs | adj. Av. Traian Dārjan killed |
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| 25th February 1945 | Bf-109G | no. 31 | 9th Fighter Group | Shot down by German Bf-109Gs | cpt. av. Constantin "Bāzu" Cantacuzino |
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