Romanian Forces

Romanian WW2 Aces

Romanian Aces of World War 2

Slt rez av Ioan Dicesare of Grupul 7 Vânătoare shows engineer Lt mecanic Șerban Diaconu the damage to his Messerschmitt ('White 38' Wk-Nr.13842) after a dogfight with Soviet fighters which were obviously armed with both machine guns and cannon. 'White 38' later suffered 30 per cent damage from Soviet flak while flown by Adj av Constantin Urcache on 21 July 1943, the fighter in turn being handed back to the Germans for repairs to be effected. ------------------------------- Slt rez av Ioan Dicesare Fighter Pilot Born: 12 August 1916 Combat missions: over 500 Victories: 16 confirmed + 3 probable Decorations: Mihai Viteazu Order 3rd class Virtutea Aeronautica Order Knight class with two bars Eiserne Kreuz 1st class War episode: On 22 April 1943, slt. av. Ioan Dicezare engaged a Soviet bomber formation and shot down one A-20 Boston, which fell behind the Axis lines. He then returned to the airfield and took the group's liaison airplane: a Bf-108 Taifun. He landed near the crash site and found only two survivors: the pilot and the observer. He took them prisoners using his 9 mm Beretta pistol. The Soviet crew later gave valuable information about the VVS airfields in the area. He is presently living in Bucharest Info from here: http://www.worldwar2.ro/arr/?article=694