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cipiamon
Posted: May 13, 2005 03:45 pm
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On 1 august escadrila 45 lost an IAR 80 (destroied acording to "Vanatorul IAR 80 istoria unui erou necunoscut") at Bolintin Deal.
Can somebody help me find more information about this plane?

Thank you in advance.
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Posted: May 13, 2005 04:40 pm
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QUOTE (cipiamon @ May 13 2005, 09:45 PM)
On 1 august

Which year? 1943? sad.gif

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cipiamon
Posted: May 13, 2005 10:12 pm
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I am sorry, i met 1943 smile.gif
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Victor
Posted: May 14, 2005 07:04 am
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It doesn't appear in the losses list at the end of the book. WHen you talked with people in Bolintin, did they also mention a IAR-80?

Vasile Tudor mentions that out of the six IAR-80C that took of at 1330 hours, one entered a spin in the clouds and recovered at around 1000 meters. It had lost contact with the other 5 and returned to the airfield. It took off a second time and followed several B-24s flying at 300 meters, attacked them, but his cannons and machine-guns jammed. I think it was adj. av. Ion Bosinceanu.

Out of the other 5, during the descent to 100 meters were the bombers were, one experienced problems with the landing gear, which came out during the flight and remained in this position. It had to go back to the airfield.

The other four attacked the bombers and two of them were damaged by defensive MG fire.

Maybe the one that crashed at Bolintin was the one with the landing gear problems.
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Posted: May 14, 2005 03:21 pm
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Thanks for the information.
When i went to Boltin Deal i asked a couple of old people and one of the said, oance he saw a truck cariing a plane in the back. He said the plane force landed on a field at north of Bolintin Deal but he did not knew any details... When i have the time i'll go back in the area.
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