WorldWAr2.ro - Romanian Armed Forces in the Second World War, by Dragos Pusca & Victor Nitu

[Richard T Eger]

While covering Romania's armed forces in WW II in general, the portions dealing with the Romanian air force, which utilized some German designed aircraft, and its participation with the Luftwaffe, are of interest. The website address is:

http://www.worldwar2.ro/

Sections of interest include:

Organization

The Romanian Royal Aeronautics - Detailed article giving the air force organization, history, and aircraft types used. Includes bombing effect on Ploesti and Bf 109 photos.

The Romanian Royal Aeronautics in WWII

News - Section updates.

Campaigns - Lengthy article.

Interviews - 7 interviews.

Units - Table of units. Where provided, detailed histories with photos of individual units are presented.

Awards - Detailed coverage with photos of awards. Mention of Henri Coanda (Colanda???), who designed the first jet aircraft back in 1910.

Credits - List of about 20 books and magazine articles.

Airplanes - Extensive tabular presentation of the aircraft used arranged by type of end use and containing information on aircraft type, manufacturer, start of service, total number, serial numbers, and notes.

Documents - 2 documents are scanned and discussed.

Pilots - Lists of rank equivalents and available biographies, by pilot.

Forum - This appears to be a fairly active forum.

Links - About 20 links are listed.

Weapons

Aircraft - Same as Airplanes above.

Decorations

ARR Awards & Decorations - Same as Awards above.

Military Operations - Appears to be mainly ground related, but some mention of air operations.

Generals - Biographies of 14 generals.

Memoirs, journals - 6 presented.

Forum - Same as Forum noted above.

Regards,
Richard