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The last victory of ARR?

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frenk	Posted: January 09, 2007 03:39 pm
Soldat Group: Members Posts: 10 Member No.: 1003 Joined: July 25, 2006	In the book Romanian aces of world war 2, from Bernad Denes, Osprey publ. was a allusion of the last oficial victory of romanian fighters ARR, It could have been at 1st of april 1945, when lt. Av. Nicoara shot down Bf-109K over Slovakia. Does someone know some closer details about the time and the area of this victory?Is it possible that this fight could have happened in Trencin area?

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Posted: January 09, 2007 04:55 pm

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QUOTE (frenk @ January 09, 2007 09:39 pm)

In the book Romanian aces of world war 2, from Bernad Denes, Osprey publ. was a allusion of the last oficial victory of romanian fighters ARR, It could have been at 1st of april 1945, when lt. Av. Nicoara shot down Bf-109K over Slovakia. Does someone know some closer details about the time and the area of this victory?

Unfortunately, no location, or other details, is given in the Combat Journal of the 9th Fighter Group.

Gen. Dénes

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Posted: January 09, 2007 08:17 pm

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Hello frenk !

That might not be the last victory : ) there is a story posted also on this website about what might be the last ARR victory:

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After the war, several Romanian pilots reportedly took part in a large Allied-organized air show at Wiener-Neustadt on 1 June 1945. These airmen were asked to represent the German techniques and equipment, including the Bf-109G6, and provide a comparison to the latest US and Soviet aircraft types. On the way back to Miskolc, of. echip. cls. III Milu flew together with lt. av. Dumitru Baciu. Over Hungary, they met several P-51Ds and waggled their wings as a recognition sign. The Mustangs waved back when the aircraft passed each other. A Soviet Il-2 formation, escorted by Yak-3s, came along a few minutes later. The Romanians again waggled their wings, however, the Soviets did not wave back and flew on in the opposite direction. The last two Yaks suddenly broke formation and jumped on the two "Gustavs". Milu had enough of the war in five years and decided not to engage the aggressors. So he dived to safety. Lt. av. Baciu apparently managed to shoot down one Soviet and returned home with 16 holes in his aircraft.

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Posted: January 09, 2007 09:36 pm

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QUOTE (D13-th_Mytzu @ January 10, 2007 02:17 am)

That might not be the last victory : )

I broke that story several years ago in my Rumanian aces book by Osprey.

I seriously doubt that particular victory was ever officially confirmed.

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frenk	Posted: January 11, 2007 01:10 pm
Soldat Group: Members Posts: 10 Member No.: 1003 Joined: July 25, 2006	In the already mentioned book about Romanian aces by B. Denés is stated that this fight took place near Kroměříž on the 4th of May 1945. Accidentaly I found an eye-witness, who saw the fight and who was on the spot of D.Baziu’s emergency landing. According to this witness there was no shooting down of YAK. The stated place of I. Mila‘s emergency landing is 100 kilometers (as the crow flies) far away from this place, which seems to me not probable. Is this information reliable? thanks

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