About Ioan Dicezare
Ioan Dicezare (August 12, 1916 in Bucharest – August 10, 2012 in Bucharest) was a leading Romanian fighter pilot and flying ace in World War II. He was born and died in Bucharest. On April 22, 1943, Dicezare engaged a Soviet bomber formation and shot down one A-20 Boston, which fell behind Axis lines. He then returned to the airfield and took the group's liaison Bf-108 Taifun. He landed near the crash site and took the pilot and the observer prisoner. In over 500 combat operations, he was credited with 16 confirmed victories (and 3 probable) in aerial combat. Dicezare died on 10 August 2012, at age 95. He was the last survivor of "Grupul 7 Vânătoare" pilots who managed to escape the Stalingrad encirclement.
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