World War II's Youngest Fighter Ace, Pilot Maximciuc, an unknow Rumanian ace?

Below is what I found on the 'net (a highly suspicious case, I might add):

Prince of Aces
The Story of the Tsar's Grandnephew, World War II's Youngest Fighter Ace
Colin D. Heaton
$18.95

Vivid account of courage in air-to-air combat over Europe
Amazing and dramatic true story of a prince in battle

Driven by intense hatred for the Soviet Union-Bolsheviks murdered his uncle in 1917 and the secret police later executed his father-Prince Leonidas Maximciuc, nephew of the Russian tsar, joined up with Romanian and Free Russian forces in 1942 at the age of sixteen. Already a budding fighter pilot, the young prince began a career in which he scored fifty-two aerial victories, destroyed twenty-seven Soviet tanks, and survived being shot down nine times-all in under three years. After the war, Maximciuc fought with Romanian anti-Communists and eventually served twenty years in the US Air Force.

This post has been edited by Dénes on May 22, 2005 03:19 am

prince ... 52 kills ... lol

Is this guy just trying to sell a "book" or does he have something ?

I think it's a SF book....
Does he say in what squad he served?
You should be able to know if those are bed time stories.

Both. Yes, he tries to sell a book and yes he has something: imagination...

Gen. Dénes

Here's a small shot of the book's cover.

Gen. Dénes

I see he got the RK....

No, that's an Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse on the cover, not the Ritterkreuz.

Gen. Dénes

This post has been edited by Dénes on May 22, 2005 06:39 pm

Sorry,I didn't looked well at the cover photo...

Sorry,I didn't looked well at the cover photo...

He made his kills on "Il-2".
Do you know the game?

He made his kills on "Il-2".
Do you know the game?

I bet he doesn't know the game!

Maximciuc is an Ukrainian name.
He's suposed to be Russian aristocrat...

IL2 ? no.. what game is that ?

Anyone read the book yet ?

I think author use some true info from romanian WWII aviation facts. The Prince could be Cantacuzino ( with over 50 victories) who fought against bolshevics and after the war in Spain was against comunist rom. governement.
To make the book more interesting the author add russian prince origin and change the name with a fictive one and add the US serviced perioad. And because of that changes more people from all over ( Russia, U.S.A ) were supposed to buy the book.
It is the same as Dracula book of Stoker wich at the origin had true info about the life of Vlad Tepes.

This post has been edited by Cantacuzino on May 30, 2005 06:20 am

Hi Guys,

From its description, this book stinks. I wouldn't touch it if it was submerged in a bucket of Chanel No.5 for a year!

I would suggest that the writer, Colin D. Heaton, is either ignorant, deluded or dishonest.

Cheers,

Sid.