Bassarabia 24 mai 1944 Targu Frumos.

A fine portrait of the third ranking Romanian ace, Of.ech.cl.III Ioan Milu, enjoying a cigarette with German Pilots in the summer of 1944. Then aged 42, Milu was the oldest Romanian fighter pilot in the frontline. He is wearing the Mihai Viteazul Order, Third Class, a Frontflugspange in Gold and Iron Cross, First Class, along with his Romanian pilot's badge. On the sleeve of his uniform is the ARR airman's cloth patch alongside the stripe denoting his rank.

Of.ech.cl.III Ioan Milu (1902-1980)
Victories: 45 confirmed + 6 probable. 

Romanian WW2 Aces

Caucasus 17 November 1942. Soviet prisoners.