A couple of questions regarding Bob Goebel

[Dénes Bernád]

Originally Posted by NickM

Thanks! Wow, EIGHT pilots KIA?

In fact, a total of eleven I.A.R. 80 fighter pilots were killed that bloody day in clashes with 31st F.G. Mustangs, and a further six pilots wounded, as follows:
Gr. 1 vân.: 5+2,
Gr. 2 vân.: 2+4,
Gr. 6 vân.: 4+0
There were further combat losses suffered by ARR fighter pilots...

Originally Posted by NickM

And my more generic sources don't even mention this day!

I don't know what source you may call "more generic"; however, details were included in my book on Rumanian aces, published by Osprey in 2003.