List of World War II flying aces from Romania explained

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 (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: 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:

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
53 + 1* 69 Top scoring Romanian ace
11 unconfirmed
52 55 8 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
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 officer
Also 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
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
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 Miron5 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

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