Romania - World War Two

page generated: March 23, 2004

compiled by Allan Magnus

References:

1. Researcher Dénes Bernád
2. Rumanian Aces of World War 2: Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 54, Dénes Bernád, Osprey Publishing, London 2003
3. Les Messerschmitt Bf 109 roumaines, AirMag Hors Serie Numero 1, Paris 2002
4. WWII Aces Stories @ www.elknet.pl/acestory/dobran/dobran.html (Ion Dobran - Serbanescu's last wingman by Victor Nitu)
5. "Des deux cotes du front: l'as roumain Vasile Gavriliu", Cristian Craciunoiu, Avions No.87, June 2000
6. Hurricane w obcej sluzbie, Miroslaw Wawrzinski, AJaKS Pub., Warsaw, Poland 2000
7. "L'Impact d'une Chanson", Cristian Craciunoiu , Avions No.84, March 2000
8. Vânatorul IAR-80: Istoria unui erou necunoscut, Dan Antoniu & George Cicos, Editura Modelism, Bucharest 2000
9. Rumanian Air Force: The Prime Decade, 1938-1947, Dénes Bernád, Squadron/Signal Press, Carrollton, Texas 1999
10. Am Himmel Europas - Luftstreitkrafte an deutscher Seite 1939-1945, Hans Werner Neulen, Universitas Verlag, Germany 1997
11. Sojuznicy Luftwaffe, J.Rajlich, Z.Stojczew, L.Lalak, Books International, Warszawa, Poland,1997
12. Heinkel He 112 in Action, Aircraft No. 159, Denes Bernad, Squadron/Signal Publications, Carrollton,Tx 1996
13. Asy przestworzy 1939-1945, Przemyslaw Skulski ,ACE Publication, Wroclaw, Poland, 1995
14. Romanian Round-Out, Bernad Denes, Air Enthusiast, No. 59, September/October 1995
15. Asy Frontu Wschodniego, Przemyslaw Skulski,Janusz Bargiel & Grzegorz Cisek, ACE Publication Warsaw 1994
16. Horrido, Denes Bernad & Peter Mujzer, art by Janos Hangya,Orszagos Muszaki Infornacios Kospont es Konytvar (OMIKK), Budapest, Hungary 1992
17. Fighter Aces of the USA, Raymond Toliver & Trevor Constable, AERO 1979

 Romanian aces:
   In February 1944, the Romanians implemented a pointing system for victories.
Victory points were awarded for confirmed and unconfirmed shoot downs, and for
aircraft destroyed on the ground. Points were also awarded for shared victories.
This system was retroactively applied to all claims prior to this date and
followed these rules:
             - 3 victories for a 4 or 6 engined aircraft
             - 2 victories for a 2 or 3 engined aircraft
             - 1 point for a single engined aircraft
   With the publication of Dénes Bernád's book, Rumanian Aces of World War Two, 
a much more complete break down of Romanian ace's claims can be found. Based
on this book, the list below contains the Romanian pilots with 5 or more aerial 
victories only, whether they be individual, shared or both. Also note, that a 
victory includes confirmed and unconfirmed claims. A pilot's total points for
all victories, including ground victories, will be found in the comments column.