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First KIA| dragos |
Posted: June 22, 2004 08:50 pm
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Does anyone know who was the first Romanian military killed in action on 22 June 1944?
My grandfather remembers that following the radio announcement of Romania entering the war and the speech of Antonescu, the name of the first KIA was also announced. |
  
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| Dénes |
Posted: June 22, 2004 09:35 pm
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In the early stages of the anti-Soviet war, Monitorul Oficial (the Rumanian Government's official gazette) published complete lists of casualties (it stopped this after a few weeks).
You may check the pertinent issue of MO for the respective name (I extracted only the names of the airmen KIA), although I cannot remember if the losses were listed chronologically or not. |
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| Victor |
Posted: June 22, 2004 09:47 pm
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The first Romanian casualties were the crew of a Blenheim Mk. I from the 1st Long Range Recon Squadron: lt. cdor. av .Corneliu Batacui - pilot, slt. av. Nicolae Uratu - observer and smstr. Ioan Caruntu - machine-guner. Batacui was the CO of the unit, lost in the fist mission of the war.
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| dragos |
Posted: June 22, 2004 10:15 pm
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If they were shot down over Soviet controlled territory, where they confirmed as KIA from the first day? |
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| Florin |
Posted: April 16, 2005 05:44 pm
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My grandfather told me the shock they felt on June 22, 1941, when comrades fell shot, and died. This way they discovered the difference between training maneuvers and the real war.
If I remember right, the first Romanian casualties on the ground were before reaching the other shore of Prut river. This post has been edited by Florin on April 16, 2005 05:47 pm |
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| dragos |
Posted: June 16, 2005 01:29 pm
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I have found the following information in "Spre cetatile de pe Nistru", ANVR, Bucharest 1996.
The first officer officially reported KIA was 2nd Lieutenant Armand Ioan Petrescu, of the 3rd Călăraşi Regiment. |
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| cipiamon |
Posted: June 16, 2005 03:03 pm
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About the first mission against the soviets, the target was Izmail. There were used IAR 37 as bombers. One of the planes was lost. An intresting article on this event. [romalian language only]
http://www.virtualarad.com/orizont_aviatic...2/articol_2.htm |
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