List of World War II flying aces from Romania
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This is a list of fighter aces in World War II of the Royal Romanian Air Force. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country.
Romanian WW2 victory system[]
In February 1944, the ARR implemented a new and unique scoring system for victories. Victory points were awarded for confirmed and unconfirmed victories as well as for aircraft destroyed on the ground. Points were also awarded for shared victories. This system was applied to all claims prior to its introduction date and followed these rules:[1]
- 3 victories for a 4 or 6 engine aircraft
- 2 victories for a 2 or 3 engine aircraft
- 1 victory for a single engine aircraft
List of aces[]
The following list contains all pilots who scored 5 victories by the 1944 standard, also mentioning their number of aircraft shot down including shares and unconfirmed victories:[2][a]
| Name | Victories | ARR victories | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constantin "Bâzu" Cantacuzino | 53 + 1* | 69 | Top scoring Romanian ace 11 unconfirmed |
| Alexandru Șerbănescu | 52 | 55 | 8 unconfirmed |
| 37 + 1* | 52 | 4 unconfirmed | |
| 15 + 1* | 43 | ||
| Constantin Rosariu | 20 | 33 | 2 unconfirmed |
| 22 | 31 | 4 unconfirmed | |
| 20 | 29 | 5 unconfirmed | |
| 23 + 1* | 27 | 2 unconfirmed | |
| 20 + 1* | 27 | 2 unconfirmed | |
| 24 | 24 | 5 unconfirmed | |
| 19 + 1* | 24 | 2 unconfirmed | |
| Ioan Dicezare | 19 | 23+ | 3 unconfirmed |
| 14 | 22 | 3 unconfirmed | |
| 19 | 21 | 3 unconfirmed | |
| 14 | 19 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| 14 | 19 | 3 unconfirmed | |
| 17 + 1* | 18 | 3 unconfirmed | |
| 14 | 18 | 4 unconfirmed | |
| 16 + 1* | 17 | 3 unconfirmed | |
| 11 + 1* | 17 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| 4 + 5* | 17 | ||
| 6 + 4* | 16 | ||
| 13 | 15 | 3 unconfirmed | |
| 9 + 1* | 15 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| 8 | 15 | 2 unconfirmed | |
| Aurel Tifrea | 6 | 15 | 1 unconfirmed |
| 5 | 15 | 2 unconfirmed | |
| Eugen Fulga | 3 + 7* | 15 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Ernst Stengl | 12 | 14 | Luftwaffe liaison officer Also served with German units; destroyed 17 aircraft in total |
| 10 | 14 | 3 unconfirmed | |
| 8 | 14 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| 4 + 1* | 14 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| Dumitru Chera | 4 + 1* | 13 | |
| 12 | 13 | 4 unconfirmed | |
| 11 + 1* | 13 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| 7 + 3* | 13 | 2 unconfirmed | |
| Horia Agarici | 8 | 13 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Lucian Toma | 7 | 13 | |
| 11 | 12 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| 10 | 12 | 2 unconfirmed | |
| Ion Galea | 7 | 12 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Gheorghe Cristea | 3 + 1* | 12 | |
| 3 + 1* | 12 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| 10 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 11 | 3 unconfirmed | |
| Ioan Panaite | 9 | 11 | 1 unconfirmed |
| 9 | 11 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| 8 | 11 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| 4 + 4* | 11 | ||
| Ștefan Octavian Ciutac | 6 | 11 | |
| 5 | 11 | ||
| Ioan Ivancievici | 4 + 3* | 11 | 2 unconfirmed |
| 10 | 10 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| 9 | 10 | 2 unconfirmed | |
| 8 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 10 | 2 unconfirmed | |
| 6 + 1* | 10 | ||
| 5 + 2* | 10 | 3 unconfirmed | |
| 4 + 3* | 10 | ||
| 5 + 1* | 10 | 2 unconfirmed | |
| 9 | 9 | 2 unconfirmed | |
| 9 | 9 | ||
| 9 | |||
| 6 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 9 | 2 unconfirmed | |
| Mircea Șenchea | 6 | 9 | 3 unconfirmed |
| Gheorghe Parsinopol | 3 | 9 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Constantin Baltă | 3 | 9 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Constantin Georgescu | 3 | 9 | 1 unconfirmed |
| 3 | 9 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| 3 | 9 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| Jean Sandru | 3 | 9 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Ioan Sandu | 3 | 9 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Panait Grigore | 3 | 9 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Constantin Nicoară | 7 | 8 | 2 unconfirmed |
| 6 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 8 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| 5 | 8 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| Ioan Marinciu | 4 | 8 | |
| Gheorghe Alexandru Grecu | 3 + 1* | 8 | 1 unconfirmed |
| 3 | 8 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| 7 | 7 | 2 unconfirmed | |
| 5 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 7 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| 4 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 7 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| 6 | 6 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| Ioan Vornica | 6 | 6 | |
| Radu Reinek | 5 + 1* | 6 | |
| 5 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| Pavel Țurcanu | 5 | 6 | |
| 4 | 6 | 2 unconfirmed | |
| 2 + 3* | 6 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| 2 + 3* | 6 | ||
| Ștefan Florescu | 3 | 6 | |
| 3 | 6 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| 2 | 6 | ||
| Pavel Bucșa | 2 | 6 | |
| Vasile Ioniță | 2 | 6 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Mircea Teodorescu | 2 | 6 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Gheorghe Gulan | 1 + 1* | 6 | |
| Petre Scurtu | 2* | 6 | |
| 5 | 5 | ||
| 4 + 1* | 5 | ||
| Florea Iordache | 5 | 5 | 1 unconfirmed |
| 5 | 5 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| Emil Droc | 5 | 5 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Costin Miron | 5 | 5 | 2 unconfirmed |
| 5 | 5 | 2 unconfirmed | |
| 5 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 5 | ||
| Alexandru Economu | 4 | 5 | 1 unconfirmed |
| 4 | 5 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| 4 | 5 | ||
| 3 + 1* | 5 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| Dumitru Encioiu | 3 | 5 | |
| 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| 2 + 1* | 5 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| Clemente Mureșan | 2 | 5 | |
| 2 | 5 | 1 unconfirmed | |
| 5 | 5 |
- * Shared victory
Notes[]
- ^ This list might not be perfect.
References[]
- ^ Bernád 2003, p. 85.
- ^ Bernád 2003, p. 85-91.
Bibliography[]
- Bernád, Dénes (20 June 2003). Rumanian Aces of World War 2. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1841765358.
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