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> Cpt. Ratu/Ruta Ioan, Details sought
Dénes
Posted: July 20, 2005 04:24 pm
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QUOTE (C-2 @ Jul 20 2005, 10:06 PM)
She's the dauther of an ARR pilot who died before the war in an accident.(the planes tail broke while flying.

Wasn't he 'Pufi' Popescu, of Gr. 7 vân.?

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Posted: July 20, 2005 08:19 pm
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QUOTE (Dénes @ Jul 20 2005, 06:24 PM)
Wasn't he 'Pufi' Popescu, of Gr. 7 vân.?

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No. Cpt. av. Ioan Ratu.

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Posted: July 20, 2005 11:14 pm
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QUOTE (Victor @ Jul 21 2005, 02:19 AM)
QUOTE (Dénes @ Jul 20 2005, 06:24 PM)
Wasn't he 'Pufi' Popescu, of Gr. 7 vân.?

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No. Cpt. av. Ioan Ratu.

I couldn't find any info on Cpt. Ioan Ratu (only Bratu). Also no Cpt. Radu is in my database. Can you give us some details, please?

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Posted: July 21, 2005 05:17 am
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All I know is a peacetime Gold Cross of the Virtutea Aeronautica Order received in 1931, when he was a 1st lieutenant.
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Posted: July 21, 2005 05:44 am
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All I know is a peacetime Gold Cross of the Virtutea Aeronautica Order received in 1931, when he was a 1st lieutenant.


Cpt. Ioan Ratu died in plane accident in 1938. His name is written on plate (north side ) of Statuia Aviatorilor. His doughter is Arh. Liliana Belea. She show me some pictures and documents with his father. I will contact her by phone and i will ask her the permission to put his father biography on the forum.

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Posted: July 21, 2005 09:43 am
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He was Dicesare's instructor in Brasov at Ghimbav.
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Posted: July 23, 2005 03:02 am
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QUOTE (Cantacuzino @ Jul 21 2005, 11:44 AM)
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All I know is a peacetime Gold Cross of the Virtutea Aeronautica Order received in 1931, when he was a 1st lieutenant.


Cpt. Ioan Ratu died in plane accident in 1938. His name is written on plate (north side ) of Statuia Aviatorilor.

There is no Cpt. Ratu Ioan killed in 1938. However, there is a Cpt. Ruta Ioan, who died on April 17, 1938 (interestingly, another source gives the date of his death as Dec. 10, 1940). He crashed during a test flight, while flying an I.A.R.-made airplane.
It would be interesting to know the airplane type and serial number.

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Posted: July 23, 2005 08:13 am
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The Plane as far I as heard was a "Avioneta" probably "home made".
That's may be the reason of not having much details and a serial nr.
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Posted: July 23, 2005 03:51 pm
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There is no Cpt. Ratu Ioan killed in 1938. However, there is a Cpt. Ruta Ioan


Sorry my mistake. It's name is Ruta Ioan ( not Ratu).
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George
Posted: July 25, 2005 07:18 pm
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Hi!
Cpt.Ruta Ioan died 1.04.1938 testing an german Bucker"Student" at Baneasa.
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Posted: July 25, 2005 07:19 pm
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Sorry
17.04.1938
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