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WWII Fighter Pilot Aurelian Livovschi (1902 – 1941), Posthumous Gold Cross War Medal, ‘Virtutea Aeronautica de Razboi’

February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · PEOPLE

Sixty years after the end of WWII the memory of Romanian airmen who fought to preserve the territorial integrity of their country is yet to be honoured in a manner which is done by all civilized European nations.

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Pilot Erou Aurelian Livovschi (1902 – 1941), Crucea de Aur, Virtutea Aeronautica de Razboi

January 28th, 2010 · No Comments · PEOPLE

Pilot Aurelian Livovschi (1902-1941) was honoured posthumously by HM King Michael I of Romania with the Gold cross of the Order “Virtutea Aeronautica de Razboi” for completing in difficult circumstances 31 missions over enemy territory between July 1940 and September 1941, as a member of the Romanian Royal Airforce, elite 5th Group, Squadron 78 (Heinkel III nr 18).

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