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Re: Top Bf 109 aces
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Aggressive, discriminatory and not witty. Just a failed joke-attempt.
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Don Caldwell's words, not mine....
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And how much new information has come to light since he wrote his books?
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But the issue Caldwell had with Weal was that Weal had used Caldwell's material without any kind of citation and he gave vent to his feelings on this very forum and thereafter made his opinion of Weal quite known... Knusel might take that as a "failed attempt at a joke" but Don Caldwell had every right to be angry. After all, he had done the hard yards of finding and interviewing veterans. Hence, whereas Weal's earlier works did not have bibliographies, most of his later works did. Last edited by Nick Hector; 30th January 2018 at 13:39. Reason: Added 2nd paragraph |
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according to Dénes Bernard, Cantacuzino's 45 (44+1) were all confirmed, same way as were Serbanescu's 44+0; his u/c and probable kills are kept in a separate list. I hope Dénes can add further detail. Flavio |
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Hello Flavio,
I have his Mr. Bernad's book at home. In the evening I can have a look, too. Here you go: "Rumanian Aces of World War 2" by Dénes Bernád, p86 -Constantin Cantacuzino: 42+1 confirmed, 11 unconfirmed -Alexandru Serbanescu: 44 confirmed, 8 unconfirmed Kind regards, Michael Last edited by knusel; 30th January 2018 at 17:14. |
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please refer to my previous post, "according to the last researches by Dénes Bernard (French magazine "Avions" 209-210 January/April 2016)". Dénes wrote "Rumanian Aces of World War 2" in 2003; after that he made further researches and he found two more confirmed victories credited to Cantacuzino (23/7/44 one Yak-9; 21/8/44 three Yaks (instead two), making him the Rumanian top ace. Flavio |
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Good morning Flavio,
very interesting. I've already started working through French aviation journals. Many of them are really excellent. This website should be updated as well. http://www.cieldegloire.com/012_cantacuzino_c.php Cheers, Michael |
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The JG 26 War Diary books were published 20 years ago. A lot of work has been done since, of course on the Russian side with the opening of archives and a lot of works by Russian authors, but also on the Luftwaffe side with for example exploitation of tons of flightbooks.
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