'Bazu' Cantacuzino's life in Spain, Some new facts of BNazu's biography.

'Bâzu' did fly on that fateful 18 August 1944. However, he wasn't Serbanescu's wingman.

Gen. Dénes

Yes indeed.
I was innhurry...
There was a discusion between S and Bazu.Serbanescu said that with Bazu they are gonna be 13 ,and that's bad luck.
I quoted Dobran.

BTW, I would like to inform you, that last month (May 2011) in Poland was edited a short, nine pages biography of Cantacuziono in Lotnictwo numer specjalny 15 (Title: As myśliwski Constantin „Bâzu” Cantacuzino). Story including 3 color drawings (1 Hurricane, 2x Me 109 G).

Alle the best.
mirekw

Hi Mirekw,
Can you post some scans from the article?

Hello

I would like to join this topic too as this is of
personal interest to me too and me too I would
appreciate if Mirekw would post the mentioned
article and photos on here.

At my end however I have an other question
whose answer may be known on here.

After wars end Col.Jim Gunn , former deputy
CO of the 454th BG in Italy was during numerous
times in contact with Buzu who lived in Madrid
One of Buzus main goals was to use Gunns influence
in getting a US resident visa.

Despite Gunn aquaintance with Gen.Twining , the
Ike administration declined him categorically
such permit when in fact Bazu was a hero who
saved through his involvement over 1200 US
POW lives and whose single fault was
to have fought the Soviets in the past under
Antonescu and Mihai .While Mihai was awarded
Pobeda and US Legion of Merit , Bazu was considered
Persona Non Grata.

Bazu made an other attempt through an old friend
and a very influential person at that time namely the OSS
(CIA) agent who worked in Bucharest during the
war time , namely USN LCDR Frank Wisner who in
the meantime has become a key chief operative at CIA of
that time. Also Wisner efforts were turned down
by Ike administration ( Wisner son is still working
at the US State Departement nowadays)

What were the real grounds for Buzu US entry
denials , especially that his applications were post
Stalins death when the Russians had no longer influence
in Washington ? When and where was the
attached photo of Buzu and Wisner taken at ?

http://img820.imageshack.us/content_round....159/wisner3.jpg

Thanks

This post has been edited by yugit on June 11, 2011 04:16 pm

The second photo shows from left to right :

Uknown Royal Scottish Guard Officers, LCDR Wisner , Air Vice Marshall Stevenson, . Victory Parade 1945 Bucharest. Next photo is basically the same but it includes
Maniu

http://img707.imageshack.us/content_round....989/wisner4.jpg

This post has been edited by yugit on June 11, 2011 04:43 pm

Thanks!

Sorry, but not, I have no permission to do this. This is private magazine.

Regards,
MirekW

One thing could for good stop him, accusation of being secret Sovier spy? It could be done also by Soviet spies too, who coulde be around him. There were distributed many such flase opinion to destroy not good for Soviet person, may he was one of them?

May someone had done around him wrong opinion, as he stayed in Romanina up the begining of 1948?

I think that only such nasty opinion was very solid barier to do not let him go to USA in this period?

This is of course pure speculation

Regards,
mirekw

PS
If I am right there were 1025 USAAF's POW taken from Rumania in 1944

I don't think that the US administration of that time ever believed
that he was a Soviet spy , especially after he ditched Ana Pauker
private flight services and defected to Spain. No one can really tell
for sure on why they denied him the US entry .

There were some 1200 POW's who left Popesti Leordeni
between them also RAF crews , two SOE and 4 OSS
operatives and several Rumanian citiziens with various
missions.

This post has been edited by yugit on June 14, 2011 07:05 pm

http://www.funaereacv.es/Relatos/contenido...Cantacuzeno.pdf

I don't think that the US administration of that time ever believed
that he was a Soviet spy ,

[QUOTE]

It has no matter what I think, and what do I belive, it was about 60 years ago. In the 50-ties there were cold war and any suspection about such thing (KGB's connections) could be very dengerous to anybody. There were many false information so, one of them could be about him?

There were no formal, official reason to not let him go to USA, despite being Soviet "spy" or but less, more stupied as 'nazi supporter". In this time such stupid information could stop him in Spain.


To Petre
Nice job, congratulation, good done, :-)

Regards
mirekw

I red and heard much about Buzu in the past,
by chance a family member of mine served with him
in the AAR. He was known to all parties including the
Germans and Russians as very fine man .....as an
outstanding pilot and a man who who would not betray
his believes...who used to like women " beyond the call
of duty"

Even the Russians NARCOMs and VVS pilots with whom
he fought shoulder to shoulder in the Western
front respected him very much. By no means the
Yanks ever suspected him of any wrong doing,period.....
there could be something else totally unrelated.

This post has been edited by yugit on June 16, 2011 03:56 pm

By no means the Yanks ever suspected him of any wrong doing,period.....
there could be something else totally unrelated.



I can not doubt about his valour and etc. But any kind of administration, especialy inteligence unit has own specific logic. For these people only paper counts and secret opinion about visitor. If was put any knd of cross beside his name it would mean no for entry. There are not any important succes etc. for such people, this is only administrative job, working with hundreds peapers, every day. Plus or minus.
To the USA had come many people from Europe and they got permission. He did not? Do you belive, that his was to old or too young for USA or he had not sincerley smile during talking with US ambassy clerk and it was the real reason?

Sorry, but I do not belive with such things.

Regards,
mirekw

Can you please detail a bit this 'shoulder-to-shoulder' fight with Soviet pilots?

Thanks,

Gen. Dénes