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The naval war in the Black Sea commenced with the Raid on Constanța on 26 June 1941, the only encounter between major warships during the entire campaign. [1] The Romanian flotilla leader Mărăști and the destroyer Regina Maria together with the minelayer Amiral Murgescu defended the port against the Soviet cruiser Voroshilov and the Leningrad-class destroyer leaders Kharkov and Moskva.
Fighter: 50: 2 x 13.2 mm FN Browning heavy machine guns 4 x FN Browning machine guns IAR 80C: Fighter: 50: 2 x 20 mm Ikaria autocannons 4 x FN Browning machine guns IAR 81: Fighter and dive bomber: 50: 6 x FN Browning machine guns (4 for 10 of them) 2 x 13.2 mm FN Browning heavy machine gun (10 of them) 1 x 225 bomb 2 x 50 kg bombs IAR 81A ...
The Romanian Naval Aviation was the air arm of the Royal Romanian Navy. It was founded in 1920 as Escadrila de hydroplane ( Seaplane Squadron) and operated Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 floatplanes and Hansa-Brandenburg FB flying boats.
The IAR 80 was a Romanian World War II low-wing monoplane, all-metal monocoque fighter and ground-attack aircraft.When it first flew, in 1939, it was comparable to contemporary designs being deployed by the airforces of the most advanced military powers such as the Hawker Hurricane and Bf 109E. [2]
Romania: Fighter 1 Used for aerobatic training Retired in 1940 after an accident 1934 Consolidated Fleet 10G: US/Romania: Trainer < 430 Retired after 1948; one on display at the Military Museum in Bucharest 1934 IAR 12: Romania: Fighter 1 Retired in 1935 1934 IAR 14: Romania: Fighter 21 Retired in 1940 1934 IAR 15: Romania: Fighter 1 Crashed in ...
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 ...
The Air Force branch of the Royal Romanian forces in World War II was officially named the Aeronautica Regală Română (ARR, lit. ' Romanian Royal Aeronautics '), though it is more commonly referred to in English histories as the Forțele Aeriene Regale ale României (Royal Romanian Air Force, FARR), or simply Forțele Aeriene Române (Romanian Air Force).
Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the founder of the Romanian Navy. The Romanian Navy was founded in 1860 as a river flotilla on the Danube. After the unification of Wallachia and Moldavia, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the ruling Domnitor of the Romanian Principalities, decided on 22 October 1860 by order no. 173 to unify the navies into a single flotilla, the Danube Flotilla Corps. [1]