cpt. av. (r) Ioan Dicezare

 

Picture courtesy of gen. Ioan Dicezare

Slt. av. (r) Ioan Dicezare is leaning on his Bf-109E. Note the five bars marking each a successful low-level attack.

Fighter Pilot

Born: 12 August 1916

Units:

Combat missions: over 500

Victories: 16 confirmed + 3 probable

Decorations:

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

Profile courtesy of Bogdan Patrascu

This Bf-109E was flown slt. av. (r) Ioan Dicezare in the 7th Fighter Group during 1941

Drawing courtesy of Bogdan Patrascu

This Bf-109E was flown slt. av. (r) Ioan Dicezare in the 7th Fighter Group during 1941

Picture courtesy of gen. Ioan Dicezare

Lt. av. (r) Ioan Dicezare. He is wearing the "Virtutea Aeronautica" Order Knight class

Picture courtesy of gen. Ioan Dicezare

Gen. av. Ioan Dicezare in his "Mihai Viteazul" Order cape at the Aviators' Statue in Bucharest

 

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