List of World War II flying aces from Romania

This is a list of fighter aces in World War II of the Royal Romanian Air Force. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country.

Romanian WW2 victory system In February 1944, the ARR () implemented a new and unique scoring system for victories. Victory points were awarded for confirmed and unconfirmed victories as well as for aircraft destroyed on the ground. Points were also awarded for shared victories. This system was applied to all claims prior to its introduction date and followed these rules: 3 victories for a 4 or 6 engine aircraft 2 victories for a 2 or 3 engine aircraft 1 victory for a single engine aircraft

List of aces The following list contains all pilots who scored 5 victories by the 1944 standard, also mentioning their number of aircraft shot down including shares and unconfirmed victories:

Name Victories ARR victories Notes Constantin "Bâzu" Cantacuzino 53 + 1* 69 Top scoring Romanian ace11 unconfirmed Alexandru Șerbănescu 52 55 Top scoring Romanian ace before Romania left the Axis8 unconfirmed 37 + 1* 52 4 unconfirmed 15 + 1* 43 Constantin Rosariu 20 33 2 unconfirmed 22 31 4 unconfirmed 20 29 5 unconfirmed 23 + 1* 27 2 unconfirmed 20 + 1* 27 2 unconfirmed 24 24 5 unconfirmed 19 + 1* 24 2 unconfirmed Ioan Dicezare 19 23+ 3 unconfirmed 14 22 3 unconfirmed 19 21 3 unconfirmed 14 19 1 unconfirmed 14 19 3 unconfirmed 17 + 1* 18 3 unconfirmed 14 18 4 unconfirmed 16 + 1* 17 3 unconfirmed 11 + 1* 17 1 unconfirmed 4 + 5* 17 6 + 4* 16 13 15 3 unconfirmed 9 + 1* 15 1 unconfirmed 8 15 2 unconfirmed Aurel Tifrea 6 15 1 unconfirmed 5 15 2 unconfirmed Eugen Fulga 3 + 7* 15 1 unconfirmed Ernst Stengl 12 14 Luftwaffe liaison officerAlso served with German units; destroyed 17 aircraft in total 10 14 3 unconfirmed 8 14 1 unconfirmed 4 + 1* 14 1 unconfirmed Dumitru Chera 4 + 1* 13 12 13 4 unconfirmed 11 + 1* 13 1 unconfirmed 7 + 3* 13 2 unconfirmed Horia Agarici 8 13 2 unconfirmed Lucian Toma 7 13 11 12 1 unconfirmed 10 12 2 unconfirmed Ion Galea 7 12 2 unconfirmed Gheorghe Cristea 3 + 1* 12 3 + 1* 12 1 unconfirmed 10 11 10 11 3 unconfirmed Ioan Panaite 9 11 1 unconfirmed 9 11 1 unconfirmed 8 11 1 unconfirmed 4 + 4* 11 Ștefan Octavian Ciutac 6 11 5 11 Ioan Ivancievici 4 + 3* 11 2 unconfirmed 10 10 1 unconfirmed 9 10 2 unconfirmed 8 10 7 10 2 unconfirmed 6 + 1* 10 5 + 2* 10 3 unconfirmed 4 + 3* 10 5 + 1* 10 2 unconfirmed 9 9 2 unconfirmed 9 9 7 9 6 9 6 9 2 unconfirmed Mircea Șenchea 6 9 3 unconfirmed Gheorghe Parsinopol 3 9 1 unconfirmed Constantin Baltă 3 9 1 unconfirmed Constantin Georgescu 3 9 1 unconfirmed 3 9 1 unconfirmed 3 9 1 unconfirmed Jean Sandru 3 9 1 unconfirmed Ioan Sandu 3 9 1 unconfirmed Panait Grigore 3 9 2 unconfirmed Constantin Nicoară 7 8 2 unconfirmed 6 8 5 8 1 unconfirmed 5 8 1 unconfirmed Ioan Marinciu 4 8 Gheorghe Alexandru Grecu 3 + 1* 8 1 unconfirmed 3 8 1 unconfirmed 7 7 2 unconfirmed 5 7 5 7 1 unconfirmed 4 7 3 7 3 7 1 unconfirmed 6 6 1 unconfirmed Ioan Vornica 6 6 Radu Reinek 5 + 1* 6 5 6 5 6 1 unconfirmed Pavel Țurcanu 5 6 4 6 2 unconfirmed 2 + 3* 6 1 unconfirmed 2 + 3* 6 Ștefan Florescu 3 6 3 6 1 unconfirmed Virgil Anghelescu 2 6 Pavel Bucșa 2 6 Vasile Ioniță 2 6 1 unconfirmed Mircea Teodorescu 2 6 1 unconfirmed Gheorghe Gulan 1 + 1* 6 Petre Scurtu 2* 6 5 5 4 + 1* 5 Florea Iordache 5 5 1 unconfirmed 5 5 1 unconfirmed Emil Droc 5 5 2 unconfirmed Costin Miron 5 5 2 unconfirmed 5 5 2 unconfirmed 5 5 5 5 4 5 Alexandru Economu 4 5 1 unconfirmed 4 5 1 unconfirmed 4 5 3 + 1* 5 1 unconfirmed Dumitru Encioiu 3 5 3 5 3 5 1 unconfirmed 2 + 1* 5 1 unconfirmed Clemente Mureșan 2 5 2 5 1 unconfirmed 5 5 * Shared victory

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