lt. av. Constantin Dragomir

Light Bomber/Dive Bomber Pilot

Born: 16 January 1921, Buzau

Units:

• 8 January - 10 August 1942: 81st Light Bomber Squadron
• 10 August 1942 - 25 March 1943: 3rd Bomber Group
• 26 March 1943 - 20 July 1944: 3rd Dive Bomber Group

Combat missions: N/A

Victories: -

Decorations:

• Virtutea Aeronautica Order Gold Cross class with two bars

War episode:

In October 1943, slt. av. Constantin Dragomir proved to be a lucky pilot. On 6 October, he was part of a formation of 12 Stukas, which attacked the Novo-Lubliovka village. They did not encounter any VVS fighters, but the Soviet AAA in the area started to fire and his Ju-87D no. 25 was hit and he had to make a forced landing south of Mikhailovka, the airplane being written off afterwards. The following day, flying on no. 33, slt. av. Dragomir, together with another 8 Stukas under the leadership of slt. av. Ovidiu Cercel, bombed the Giresevka village at 1000 hours. Three Romanian aircraft were damaged by the AAA, among which the one of slt. av .Dragomir, who eventually managed to save it.

Current whereabouts unknown.

@ 2002-2004