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Liaison Pilot/Bomber Observer
Born: 1919
Units:
- 1941: unknown liaison squadron
- 15 August 1943 - 12 May 1945*: 5th Bomber Group
* from October 1944, the 5th Bomber Group was reduced to only a few airplanes, which
were joined with the 2nd Long Range Recon Squadron and formed the Mixed Bomber-Recon
Squadron
Combat missions: 65 liaison + 165 bomber
Victories: 1
Decorations:
- Virtutea Aeronautica Order Knight class with one bar
- Eiserne Kreuz 1st class
War episode:
On 4 October 1943, lt. av. Georgescu was commanding the Ju-88A4 no.130, flown by slt. av.
Victor Toma. They were part of an 8 aircraft formation from the 5th Bomber Group, which had
the mission to bomb Soviet artillery positions near Waldorf. The AAA barrage was very
strong, but Romanian bombers managed to drop their load on the target and get away without
losses. On the way back, they were attacked by 6 Yak-7s. During the following battle,
lt. av. Emil Georgescu, smtr. cl. a 2-a Nicolae Serea and serg. Iacob Ivanov shot down one
of the Soviet fighters.
Died: 1997, Bucharest
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