Looking for pilots

[D13-th_Mytzu]

I am searching any kind of info/photos about these IAR80/81 pilots:

Gulan Gheorghe
Sandu Ioan
Cocean Ghorghe
Mihailescu Petre
Ilie Dumitru
Shandru Ion
Baciu Dumitru
Nicola Ioan
Balcescu ?Grigore?
Constantinescu P.
Dimache Constantin
Petric Victor
Cocebas Gheorghe
Husea Ioan
Coteanu Petre
Barbici Aurelian


Also about these 109 pilots:

T. Casian
Scurtu Dan
Trandafirescu Virgil
Ciutac Stefan
Stiolica
Popescu Ciocanel
Encioiu D-tru

[cipiamon]

i have a high res pic with Ciocanel if u need.

[Victor]

You said you own a copy of the Vanatorul IAR-80 by Antoniu&Cicos.
At page 156 you have a photo of cpt. av. Ioan Sandu.
At page 165 you have a group photo which includes lt. "Tache" Baciu, cpt. av. Petre Constantinescu, adj. av. Aurelian Barbici.
At page 208 you have slt. av .Gheorghe Gulan.

[D13-th_Mytzu]

Cip thanks a lot !

Victor I know I have the book (3 copies of it actually lol) however I am looking for any additional info, it is hard to be more precise because we are talking about many pilots.Thank you very much for pointing out those pilots !

[Victor]

For Popescu-Ciocanel you can check this out:
http://www.worldwar2.ro/arr/p015.htm

I will add Trandafirescu soon.

[D13-th_Mytzu]

Thank you again Vicotr, that is very usefull !

[Der Maresal]

Pictures of "Baciu" are in Dénes's Book on Romanian Aces.

I had read in Clemente Muresan's memoirs that Baciu had a beautyfull black mustache*, and pilots called him "Mustata" :loool: , not very nice....

*This was confirmed after seeing the pictures there.
Many other pilots are there, especially the most famous ones.

[Der Maresal]

I'm looking for info on a Pilot "Sirbu"...
He might be the same "Sirbu" that was in Agarici's Hurricane Squadron...

My granfather was friend with this aviator, "Sirbu", and apparently this guy has a "scar" across his face.. I think from a flight accident.

If this is the Sirbu, with the scar - then it's him I'm looking for.

[Victor]

Mytzu, look here for Trandafirescu:
http://www.worldwar2.ro/arr/p065.htm

[Dénes]

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I'm looking for info on a Pilot \"Sirbu\"...   He might be the same \"Sirbu\" that was in Agarici's Hurricane Squadron... My granfather was friend with this aviator, \"Sirbu\", and apparently this guy has a \"scar\" across his face.. I think from a flight accident. If this is the Sirbu, with the scar - then it's him I'm looking for.

I found only one airman (fighter pilot) called Sârbu in my ARR accidents/losses database:
22-Oct-39 P.Z.L. P.11B+ serg. Anton Sârbu acc. av. a luat foc in aer

Col. Dénes

[D13-th_Mytzu]

Thank you Victor !

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Pictures of \"Baciu\" are in Dénes's Book on Romanian Aces.

Any other pilots we can find data/photos in that book (also I need photos of the planes they usually flew) ?

[Der Maresal]

[quote]
I found only one airman (fighter pilot) called Sârbu in my ARR accidents/losses database:
22-Oct-39 P.Z.L. P.11B+ serg. Anton Sârbu acc. av. a luat foc in aer

Col. Dénes[/quote]

Thankyou Denes, I think that's him. If he is the one with the scar on the face, it must be him. Some other Aviators, very close coleagues and friends were as I mentioned before, a guy named "Virgolici" and "Brasoveanu", the later died of natural causes long after the war, while the first might still be alive.. :shock: There were a few other, I think one named "Constantinescu", but I must ask again.

** A nice picture of Pilot Scurtu is in your book of aces. He is 2nd from left, standing with the rest of the Aviators including Agarici, and with a Hurricane in the background. - Perhaps you could post this picture here, I would have done it if it was not "copyrighted" o:) 8)

[Victor]

Mytzu, look here for Ioan Sandu:
http://www.worldwar2.ro/arr/p068.htm

[D13-th_Mytzu]

23 june exactly what I needed.

However I don't quite understand this: "Ioan Sandu was the highest-ranking Romanian airman killed in battle during WW2."

PS: thank you Victor !

[Victor]

The rank of cpt. cdor. is equivalent to that of lt. col. in the army. While in the Romanian army during WW2 we had even generals KIA, within the ARR, cpt. cdor. av. Ioan Sandu was the officer with the highest rank, who was KIA.