Its ROMANIAN pilot?

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I wrote it clearly in the photo legend: it's a Rumanian radio operator, not a pilot.

Gen. Dénes

Is there were stars on their epaulettes?

For "maistri militari" yes.

Gen. Dénes

Thanks Denes!!!

Prisoner from the first day of the war...
He is in the same club with the Japanese taken prisoner at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, as pilot of a midget submarine.

This post has been edited by Florin on November 18, 2013 05:27 am

...except, IMHO, that it was far better to be a US prisoner then a SU one... I do not know for sure, but the survival rate of the prisoners of war in the Soviet Union was quite small. Did our guy survive the war?

Yes, he survived the war.
Today a daughter of him , Iulia, lives in Chitila district in Bucharest. A friend of mine knows her.

Yes, he survived the war.

Thanks! I was just curious whether he returned (alive) or not from the GuLag.

In my opimiom ,something is wrong in that photo.
For a wonded soldier who got shot out of the air,he looks to perfect:he's hair and uniform...
Where is his fly suit?

Ofcourse is something wrong. It's a propaganda photo most probably for the Red cross.
Being at begining of the war it show how human are the soviet compare with the fascist who don't pay attention to the wounded bolshevic soldiers.

...except, IMHO, that it was far better to be a US prisoner then a SU one... I do not know for sure, but the survival rate of the prisoners of war in the Soviet Union was quite small. Did our guy survive the war?

As a general rule, with some notable exceptions (like the prisoners taken by Germany from Soviet Union in 1941), the first prisoners from the first days are treaten better, until they are mixed at a certain moment with waves of later prisoners.
The longer a war last, the deeper goes the hate. Especially for a war that involves a lot of sacrifices, making both sides bitter and bitter.

Except the (notable) fact that some totalitarian states - such as Germany (1933-1945) and the deceased Soviet Union (1917-1991, may it rust in pieces) were noted for harsh treatments (an euphemism for KZ/Gulag) granted to their own citizens. It can be clear that the "treatment" for the actual official enemies would be worse.

Former SS-man Genath Alfred remembers..."We came in this camp and firstly did not understand that it is a camp.It looked as a normal dwelling microregion.There on windows hung curtains,pots stood with flowers.There we were accsepted by the German commandant of camp hauptshturmfurer SS.He asked:"What division"?-"Totenkopf"."It is the third blok".We were in SS again.This was the best camp for all my more than four years in the Russian captivity.We worked in a mine,it was in 150 meters from а camp.The Russian shift changed our shift.We had not a guard.We participated in all socialist emulations,both to the day of Oktober revolution and to the birthday of Stalin and the best miner-we them all won.We had a wonderful political officer,he broght to us 30 women from a camp for an internee.We had a dancing orchestra,we had a dancing evening...And now sensation.We got a salary the same as well as russian.And even anymore ,because we worked more diligently." iremember.ru

Sounds like garden of Eden, with parties and women. Why would anyone want to fight the war anymore, both Russian and German ?