"Bazu" Cantacuzino fighter planes profiles, Color profiles of "Bazu" mounts .

You've got talent Dan !

Al

No i think the PC paint programms are very good if you know how to use it.

Hello friends. I would like to thank you so very much for this post as it falls right in with my current modeling subjest. I was intending to build Bazu's ( sorry for not having the right font on my keyboard ) Me 109G4 with the white "A" on the fuselage. I got several wonderful prints from Alex ( thanks again Alex :-) but unfortunately I do not know the appropriate copyrights so cannot post them here.
My question is, when was the white "A" used and did it fight over Romania against the USAAF?, was this a pretty successful machine under Bazu, or just a machine assigned to him that did not really see much action?
Artur.

The white 'A' was painted on the rudder, underneath the Rumanian tricolour, not on the fuselage.

Gen. Dénes

Dan here is a great photo from Denes book Roumanian Aces of WWII which most probably was not seen so freuently. The photo was taken near IAR 81C at Turnisor Airfield near Sibiu in Oct 1944, several pilots are wearing new Luftwaffe jackets and boots worn by the Lufwaffe primarily on the Eastern Front on cold einvironment


Courtesy Denes Bernard from his book

PS : Arthur :

Gzien Dobre

Dan may be able to solve your issue

Alex

This post has been edited by alexkdl on January 24, 2005 05:18 pm

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Here is Buzu again at a decoration ceremony which seems not to make a too great effect on him or simply he had in his mind other urgent issues

from Denes book Roumanian Aces of WWII

Al

This post has been edited by alexkdl on January 24, 2005 04:51 pm

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Here's a Buzu photo which is needless to comment from the same book of Denes

Alex

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Here's Buzu again 1945 by the end of the war in a slightly modified uniform , no Whermacht cross and near the ARR Stuka at Luceneck airfield in Slovakia giving interviews to journalists along with Capitan Aviator Dan Vizanty , Mihai Viteazu orders are distinctively worn on the uniforms, from Denes book Roumanian WWII ACES

Al

This post has been edited by alexkdl on January 24, 2005 05:00 pm

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here's again a photo I liked very much from the Denes book , maybe less related to Buzu but it depicts the glorious days of ARR, Serbanescu is seated on the middle from Denes book ROUMANIAN ACES of WWII

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This post has been edited by Victor on January 24, 2005 06:07 pm

Below is a better copy of that last photo, which I like very much (taken from the Start page of my own web site):


I believe the following top ARR aces are seated around the table (from right to left):
Cpt. av. Serbanescu, Of. ech. av. Milu, Adj. av. Mucenica and Lt. av. Dusescu. These four outstanding pilots had a combined score of 146 ARR victories (by the end of the war)!

Gen. Dénes

Hello Arthur, yes i know your wonderfull intention ( the source for doc. about that specific Bf-109 you'v got it from me via Alex but i think he forgott from whom got the e-mail ) .
If you are not in a hurry i will post more data about Bf-109 "white A" ( it was one of my long reserch with best results) but as you can see i start this topics for all known fighter planes flown by Bazu. So in my next order will be "white 24" and after it will be your wanted project "white A".

PS: I will say a few words about it ( as an advertise) and answers to your question. -Yes, this specific plane was used by Bazu in spring ( from begin of april to end of june) in home teritory defence against U.S. attacks ( from Pipera airfield) and also on moldavian front against soviet air force. He won many victories with this specific mount among them B-24,Yak's,Aircobras,Il-2.
But like i said you have to wait a litlle bit for more info,picture and other nice stuff about Bazu planes.

Cheers,
Dan.

This post has been edited by Cantacuzino on January 27, 2005 10:17 am

Yea Dan its my fold I forgot it was from you...you have emailed it to me shortly as I have enrolled this forum

Al

And below the 7th FG squadron rooster list in august '43.
As we can see Bazu was the 58sq leader and the first plane assigned to his squadron was "white 4".
( This is an extras from the book : "Constantin Bazu Cantacuzino"- from romanian aces series by author Tudor Vasile)


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And another Messerschmitt ocasionally flown by Bazu in summer '43 was Bf-109 G4 nr "white 24". With this mount on 16 august '43 in 3 missions ( in one day) Bazu score 3 victories ( 1 Lagg3, 1 Il-2, 1 Lagg-5) and one probable ( Lagg-5) against russian planes near Kramatorskaia .

Below it's the color profile of this mount Bf-109 G4 "white 24" wnr. 19607. ( color art courtesy Aeromagazin)



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And Bazu in the cockpit of "white 24" helped by his mechanic to prepare for take off for an Fw-189 escort mission in the Kramatorskaia area.( picture SMP source)



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