adj. maj. av. (r) Vasile Pascu

Fighter/Assault Pilot

Born: 1918

Units:

• spring 1942 - 10 May 1943: 8th Fighter Group
• 11 May 1943 - 10 October 1944: 8th Assault Group
• 11 October 1944 - 12 May 1945: 8th Assault/Dive Bomber Group

Combat missions: 225

Victories: 3 probable

Decorations:

• Virtutea Militara Medal 2nd class
• Virtutea Aeronautica Order Knight class with one bar

War episode:

The first USAAF raid over Romania, Operation Halpro tok place on 12 June 1942. It generated a lot of confusion among the defenders. At 0400 hours, several of the 13 Liberators passed over T�rgsor airfield. The alarm patrul� from the 41st Fighter Squadron took off to intercept them. They followed them through the flak and got separated. Adj. av. Vasile Pascu cought up with one bomber, together with a German fighter. They both fired on it and they saw it go down in the Danube Delta. Pascu was credited with a probable kill.

Fate unknown

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