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Bomber Observer
Born: 14 September 1919, Ighiu
Units:
Combat missions: 33
Victories: -
Decorations:
War episode:
On 28 November 1942, during a bombing mission, the JRS-79B no. 117, which was under the command of slt. av. Sixtus Maxim was attacked by several VVS fighters. It went down in the Naumov-Petrovka area. Only four of the five crew members managed to bailout in time. They were taken prisoners by nearby Soviet troops. A long and very hard period of detention followed. Sixtus Maxim returned to Romania in 1949.
He is presently living in Brasov
Picture from "Aripi Romanesti" no. 37/1943
Slt. av. Nicolae Sixtus Maxim exiting a bomb shelter on the front
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