List of World War II flying aces from Romania
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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 (Aeronautica Regală Română) 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:[1]
- 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:[2][a]
| Name | Victories | ARR victories | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constantin "Bâzu" Cantacuzino | 53 + 1* | 69 | Top scoring Romanian ace 11 unconfirmed |
| Alexandru Șerbănescu | 52 | 55 | Top scoring Romanian ace before Romania left the Axis 8 unconfirmed |
| Ion Milu | 37 + 1* | 52 | 4 unconfirmed |
| Dan Vizanty | 15 + 1* | 43 | |
| Constantin Rosariu | 20 | 33 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Cristea Chirvăsuță | 22 | 31 | 4 unconfirmed |
| Ioan Maga | 20 | 29 | 5 unconfirmed |
| Ion Mucenica | 23 + 1* | 27 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Vasile Gavriliu | 20 + 1* | 27 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Tudor Greceanu | 24 | 24 | 5 unconfirmed |
| Constantin Lungulescu | 19 + 1* | 24 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Ioan Dicezare | 19 | 23+ | 3 unconfirmed |
| Dumitru Ilie | 14 | 22 | 3 unconfirmed |
| Ioan Mălăcescu | 19 | 21 | 3 unconfirmed |
| Gheorghe Popescu-Ciocănel | 14 | 19 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Dan Scurtu | 14 | 19 | 3 unconfirmed |
| Teodor Zăbavă | 17 + 1* | 18 | 3 unconfirmed |
| Andrei Rădulescu | 14 | 18 | 4 unconfirmed |
| Tiberiu Vinca | 16 + 1* | 17 | 3 unconfirmed |
| Traian Dârjan | 11 + 1* | 17 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Mihai Bulat | 4 + 5* | 17 | |
| Ioan Nicola | 6 + 4* | 16 | |
| Ion Dobran | 13 | 15 | 3 unconfirmed |
| Mihai Mihordea | 9 + 1* | 15 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Ștefan Dumitrescu | 8 | 15 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Aurel Tifrea | 6 | 15 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Gheorghe Stănică | 5 | 15 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Eugen Fulga | 3 + 7* | 15 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Ernst Stengl | 12 | 14 | Luftwaffe liaison officer Also served with German units; destroyed 17 aircraft in total |
| Eugen Camencianu | 10 | 14 | 3 unconfirmed |
| Costică P. Popescu | 8 | 14 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Petre Cojocaru | 4 + 1* | 14 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Dumitru Chera | 4 + 1* | 13 | |
| Iosif Moraru | 12 | 13 | 4 unconfirmed |
| Ioan Micu | 11 + 1* | 13 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Mircea Dumitrescu | 7 + 3* | 13 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Horia Agarici | 8 | 13 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Lucian Toma | 7 | 13 | |
| Hariton Dușescu | 11 | 12 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Gheorghe Țuțuianu | 10 | 12 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Ion Galea | 7 | 12 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Gheorghe Cristea | 3 + 1* | 12 | |
| Ioan Bârlădeanu | 3 + 1* | 12 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Nicolae Polizu-Micșunești | 10 | 11 | |
| Ștefan Greceanu | 10 | 11 | 3 unconfirmed |
| Ioan Panaite | 9 | 11 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Constantin Ursache | 9 | 11 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Florian Alexiu | 8 | 11 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Christu I. Christu | 4 + 4* | 11 | |
| Ștefan Octavian Ciutac | 6 | 11 | |
| Nicolae Macri | 5 | 11 | |
| Ioan Ivancievici | 4 + 3* | 11 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Nicolae Burileanu | 10 | 10 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Liviu Mureșan | 9 | 10 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Laurențiu Cătană | 8 | 10 | |
| Emil Bălan | 7 | 10 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Ioan Dimache | 6 + 1* | 10 | |
| Mircea Mazilu | 5 + 2* | 10 | 3 unconfirmed |
| Constantin Dimache | 4 + 3* | 10 | |
| Dumitru Baciu | 5 + 1* | 10 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Gheorghe Hăpăianu | 9 | 9 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Florian Budu | 9 | 9 | |
| Parsifal Ștefănescu | 7 | 9 | |
| Petre Cordescu | 6 | 9 | |
| Alexandru Moldoveanu | 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 |
| Petre Mihăilescu | 3 | 9 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Gheorghe Mociorniță | 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 |
| Gheorghe Cocebaș | 6 | 8 | |
| Emil Georgescu | 5 | 8 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Ștefan Pucas | 5 | 8 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Ioan Marinciu | 4 | 8 | |
| Gheorghe Alexandru Grecu | 3 + 1* | 8 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Carol Anastasescu | 3 | 8 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Vasile Forțu | 7 | 7 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Ioan Florea | 5 | 7 | |
| Constantin Pomuț | 5 | 7 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Vasile Mirilă | 4 | 7 | |
| Aurel Vlădăreanu | 3 | 7 | |
| Titus Gheorghe Ionescu | 3 | 7 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Erich Richard Selei | 6 | 6 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Ioan Vornica | 6 | 6 | |
| Radu Reinek | 5 + 1* | 6 | |
| Constantin P. Popescu | 5 | 6 | |
| Iuliu Anca | 5 | 6 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Pavel Țurcanu | 5 | 6 | |
| Nicolae Naghirneac | 4 | 6 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Iosif Ciuhulescu | 2 + 3* | 6 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Dumitru Niculescu | 2 + 3* | 6 | |
| Ștefan Florescu | 3 | 6 | |
| Eugen Taflan | 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 | |
| Vintilă V. Brătianu | 5 | 5 | |
| Mihai Belcin | 4 + 1* | 5 | |
| Florea Iordache | 5 | 5 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Ioan Mihăilescu | 5 | 5 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Emil Droc | 5 | 5 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Costin Miron | 5 | 5 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Romeo Neacșu | 5 | 5 | 2 unconfirmed |
| Ioan Bocșan | 5 | 5 | |
| Marin Ghica | 5 | 5 | |
| Ioan Simionescu | 4 | 5 | |
| Alexandru Economu | 4 | 5 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Nicolae Sculy Logotheti | 4 | 5 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Nicolae Iolu | 4 | 5 | |
| Gheorghe Pisoschi | 3 + 1* | 5 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Dumitru Encioiu | 3 | 5 | |
| Ioan Roșescu | 3 | 5 | |
| Nicolae Bătrânu | 3 | 5 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Vasile Pascu | 2 + 1* | 5 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Clemente Mureșan | 2 | 5 | |
| Petre Constantinescu | 2 | 5 | 1 unconfirmed |
| Alexandru Manoliu | 5 | 5 |
- * Shared victory
Notes
- This list might not be perfect.