RAF/Commonwealth operations over Romania, recce, night bombings, targets, losses

Until now six rom. WWII vet. accepted the invitation for "Remebrance Day" service at Tancabesti:

1. G-ral av. Dobran Ioan (ex Bf 109G pilot)
2. Comandor av. Marinciu Ioan ( ex Bf 109G pilot)
3. G-ral av. Dan Stoian ( ex Ju 88 pilot)
4. Comandor Lucaci Mihai ( ex Bf 109E pilot)
5. Comandor av. Dragos Stinghe ( ex bf 109 G pilot)
6. Comandor av. Nicolae Traian( ex Blenheim pilot)

Soon the list will be updated.

This post has been edited by Cantacuzino on September 28, 2006 08:35 am

Hi Peter,

Do you have any news for the " Remembrance day "arrangement ?

I allready talked with some vet. about this.


Dan.

PS: check your PM message.

I would like to participate to the "Remebrance Day" service at Tancabesti.
Do you have some details on time/hour?

thanks,
electric

I am looking for any information or sources on RAF recce missions over Romania, specifically Northwest Transylvania. I am looking for aerial photographs of this region and because these photos have only recently been declassified, they are not catalogued. Therefore I need to know specifics, and have not had very much luck at my local library. Any help at all would be appreciated!

Thanks,
Rob

This post has been edited by wannermaker on October 16, 2008 02:50 pm

Hi everyone,

this is a bit of a long shot but I am looking for more detail of my father's last mission flying over Szombathely, Hungary. I know this is the Romanian site but I can't find an Hungarian equivalent. He was shot down in a Wellington from 104 squadron, based at Foggia on the night of 21/22 October 1944. He and his crewed baled out and survived. My father's name was Norman Flight and he was the pilot. I have a copy of the w/op log book entry for that night. The Wellington serial number was LP501u. Any help would be gratefully received.
Regards, Ross.

I found 1 Wellington of 70 Sq., 1 B-24D of 34 SAAF Sq. and an unidentified RAF bomber lost over Szombathely on Oct. 21, where at least one crewmember was killed. Your father's mount - if none of the crew was killed - must have been another Wellington. All these were shot down by Luftwaffe night fighters.

Gen. Dénes

Hi,
thanks for the reply.
I am pretty sure all my father's crew survived. I think I may have even found the name of the pilot who shot him down from a book of Luftwaffe Night Fighter Combat Claims.
The pilot listed in the book as Oblt Josef Kraft shot down 3 aircraft that night of the 21st October over Szombathely, a B-24 and 2 Wellingtons. As roughly about 5 aircraft were lost from a total of 74 on that raid that night there is a chance my dad's was one of them.
Thanks again for your help,
Ross

Hello,

The Pilot of the Wellington Bomber was my Grandads Brother Stanley Clarke, would really like to contact anyone who knows the whereabouts of the wreckage, as would like to come over to Romania and see it for myself and visit his grave.

I have a photograph of Stanley if anyone would be interested?

Anyone can contact me on: john.pearson902@gmail.com

John Pearson
7 Coronation Drive,
Forest Town,
Mansfield,
Notts
NG190AJ