During the campaigns of 1916-1919, Romanian airmen achieved about 10,000 flight hours, had about 700 aerial fights and shot down some 51-91 enemy aircraft, including observation balloons.
World War I Romanian aces
During the First World War, 4 airmen of the Romanian Air Corps earned more than 5 victories. However, by Romanian air victory standards (no shared victories counted), only one of them was considered an ace, Dumitru Bădulescu. As an air observer, he only shared victories with his pilot.
The following list includes all Romanian airmen who have achieved 5 or more victories, including shared and unconfirmed ones.
Name Brevet Victories NotesCpt. Gheorghe Mihăilescu (pilot) Brevet no. 19/1 October 1913 8 4 sharedSlt. Dumitru-Cicerone Bădulescu (observer) Brevet no. 78/24 June 1917 8 3 unconfirmed Only ace by Romanian standardsSlt. Marin Popescu (pilot)Brevet no. 44/3 June 1915 5 1 sharedSgt. Nicolae Mănescu (pilot)Brevet no. 109 bis/12 December 1916 5 4 shared
World War I Romanian airmen who achieved at least 1 victory The following list includes all Romanian airmen who achieved at least 1 victory, including shared, unconfirmed and those achieved in 1919. Name Brevet Victories NotesPetre Ioanin (pilot)Brevet no. 74/14 December 1915 4 shared with the observerEgon Nasta (pilot)Brevet no. 99/23 August 1916 4 1 sharedVasile Craiu (pilot) Brevet no. 59/13 August 1915 3 1 sharedGrigore Gafencu (observer)Brevet no. 80/1 July 1917 3 shared with the pilotIon Dragomirescu (pilot)Brevet no. 108 bis/15 November 1916 3 2 achieved while flying for France1 in 1919Stan Bucur (pilot)Brevet no. 37/24 November 1914 3 shared with the observer1 in 1919Ioan Georgescu (pilot)Brevet no. 42/3 June 1915 3 1 sharedPanait Cholet (pilot)Brevet no. 31/18 July 1914 2 shared with the observerDumitru Darian (observer)Brevet no. 72/17 May 1917 2 shared with the pilotErmil Gheorghiu (observer)Brevet no. 19/4 September 1915 2 shared with the pilotGheorghe Gheorghiu (pilot)Brevet no. 98/29 August 1916 2 1 sharedConstantin Gonta (observer)Brevet no. 74/8 June 1917 2 shared with the pilotIoan Ralea Ioanid (observer)Brevet no. 70/19 April 1917 2 shared with the pilot (pilot)Brevet from France 2 achieved in the same missiondamaged a 3rd aircraft on the same missionCarol Pauchert (pilot)Brevet no. 78/3 March 1916 2 1 sharedDumitru Crăsnaru (pilot)Brevet no. 80/4 March 1915 2 1 shared with the observerNicolae "Nae" Cicei (pilot)Brevet no. 60/13 August 1915 2 shared with the observerIon Muntenescu (pilot)Brevet no. 102/23 August 1916 2 achieved in the same missionConstantin Pârvulescu (observer)Brevet no. 75/10 June 1917 2 shared with the pilot Ștefan Iliescu (observer)Brevet no. 88/6 July 1916 2 shared with the pilot (pilot)Brevet no. 3/17 July 1911 1 shared with the observerVasile Alexăndreanu (pilot)Brevet no. 28/10 July 1914 1 shared with the observerCicerone Olănescu (pilot)Brevet no. 38/16 May 1915 1 shared with the observerŞtefan Sănătescu (observer)Brevet no. 73/1 June 1917 1 shared with the pilotAurel Constantinescu (observer)Brevet from France 1 shared with the pilotin 1919Nicolae Drosso (pilot)Brevet no. 151/11 April 1919 1 shared with the observerin 1919Nistor Grecu (pilot)Brevet no. 149 bis/14 March 1919 1 shared with the observerin 1919Mihail Hurmuzescu (pilot)Brevet no. 144/29 October 1918 1 shared with the pilot (flew as an observer)in 1919Iosif Răcășanu (pilot)Brevet no. 111/5 May 1917 1 in 1919 (pilot)Brevet no. 130/12 July 1918 1 shared with the observerin 1919ex-Austro-Hungarian pilotDumitru Sfetescu (observer) 1 shared with the pilotin 1919Alexandru Vasilescu (observer)Brevet no. 87/26 August 1917 1 shared with the pilotMihai Vitzu (balloon observer) Brevet no. 5/1 June 1917 1 while in the basket of his balloonIoan Vlad (observer) possibly a foreign brevet 1 shared with the pilotIon Barzon (pilot and observer)Brevet no. 83/7 August 1917 (observer)Brevet no. 141/29 October 1918 (pilot) 1 shared with the pilotIoan Dumitrescu (pilot)Brevet no. 32/18 July 1914 1 shared with the observerPaul Magâlea (pilot)Brevet no. 43/3 June 1915 1 Gheorghe Stâlpeanu (pilot)Brevet no. 123/31 May 1918 1 shared with the pilotIoan Gruia (observer) Brevet no. 50/5 June 1915 1 shared with the pilotDumitru Naidinescu (pilot)Brevet no. 84 /22 March 1916 1 shared with the observerNicolae Tănase (pilot) Brevet no. 35/6 October 1914 1 shared with the observerAnghel Gănțoiu (pilot)Brevet no. 40/16 May 1915 1 unconfirmedNae "Mitralieră" Iliescu (pilot)Brevet no. 93/6 July 1916 1 shared with the observerAndrei Șișu (pilot)Brevet no. 41/16 May 1915 1 shared with the observerDumitru Teodorescu (pilot)Brevet no. 49/5 June 1915 1 shared with the observer
Other World War I aces born on the territory of modern-day Romania Two other aces of the war were born on the territory of present-day Romania. Both serving in the K.u.K. Luftfahrtruppen. Name Victories NotesRudolf Weber 6 born in Sighișoara, Transylvania in 1890Karl Patzelt 5 (2 shared) born in Craiova, Romania in 1893
See also Lists of World War I flying aces
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