Constantin „Bâzu” Cantacuzino
[tabs] [tab title=”Profile”] Constantin „Bâzu” Cantacuzino Date of birth: 11 noiembrie 1905 Deceased: 26 mai 1958 Place of birth: București He was born in Bucharest and was the son of Mihai Cantacuzino and of Maria (Maruca) Rosetti, Cantacuzino princess. In 1930, În 1930, sets a speed record on the distance Bucharest – Paris, route traveled by car in just 44 hours. In 1932, he wins the Romanian Tennis Championship, and in 1933 he is part of the Romanian ice hochey team at the World Championship. In the summer of 1933, he enrolled at the Mircea Cantacuzino School of Aviation where he obtains the 1st and 2nd degree pilot licence. In 1935, he decided to undergo aerobatic flight training and in 1939 he becomes a national champion at acrobatics. At the beginning of World War II, Bâzu Cantacuzino voluntarily enlisted in the 53rd Fighter Squadron, which used ten English Hurricane-type airplanes. After a short while, he obtained four certain aerial victories and two probable ones. Member of the 9th Fighting Group, „Bazu” is shooting down, between 29th of June and 5th of August 1943, 15 enemy planes – a real frontline record. His series of victories continued after the weapons were turned against the Axis powers, Bâzu Cantacuzino being the only pilot who managed to shoot down a German FW-190 aircraft – some foreign publications gave him an honourable sixth place in terms of combat value during World War II, with 60 victories achieved. After the war, he went back to a civilian role, returning as chief pilot for the passenger transport company LARES. In 1947, he took the Romanian governmental delegation which would sign the Peace Treaty with the Allied and the Associated Powers to Paris. Starting that year, „Bazu” can no longer fly as he was being monitored by the Secutrity. In February 1948, after carrying out a passenger flight to Milan, he decided to never return home. Ultimately, he arrived in Spain, where he continued to fly aircrafts. Suffering from a stomach illness he had developed on the front line, he died on the operating table on 26 May 1956. He was buried in Madrid. [/tab] [tab title=”Gallery”] Constantin „Bâzu” Cantacuzino Date of birth: 11 noiembrie 1905 Deceased: 26 mai 1958 Place of birth: București [nggallery id=61][/tab] [tab title=”Planes”] Constantin „Bâzu” Cantacuzino Date of birth: 11 noiembrie 1905 Deceased: 26 mai 1958 Place of birth: București [recent_posts count=”100″ cat=”24″][/tab] [tab title=”Archives”] Constantin „Bâzu” Cantacuzino Date of birth: 11 noiembrie 1905 Deceased: 26 mai 1958 Place of birth: București [recent_posts count=”100″ cat=”81″][/tab] [/tabs]
Alexandru „Dudu” Frim
[tabs] [tab title=”Profile”] Alexandru „Dudu” Frim Date of birth: 9 martie 1908 Deceased: 1980 Place of birth: Râmnicu Sărat A senior officer’s son and Alexandru Ioan Cuza’s great grandson, Alexandru Frim was born in Râmnicu Sărat, on 9 March 1908. He graduated from the Ferdinand High School in Bacău, and in 1926, following the death of his father, he moved with his mother to Bucharest where he enrolled at the Polytechnic School. In 1931, after receiving a scholarship from the Polytechnic Sports Association, he received a pilot’s license at the Mircea Cantacuzino School of Aviation in Băneasa. In 1934, he wins the World Bobsleigh Championship in Engelberg, Switzerland. In 1937, Frim took part in several competitions, through which the International Competition of the Little Entente where he – the youngest competitor – was awarded the winners’ cup and, in 1938, he finishes third in the competition the „Mircea Cantacuzino” Cup. He graduated the Training School in Buzău as hunt and bomb pilot. Since 1938, he became the IAR factory’s test pilot and in 1939 he wins the cup of the Brasov Airclub and also the Grand Prix of the Aviation. During World War II, Frim shot down a B-17 (nickname”The Flying Fortress”) being awarded for this the Aeronautical Virtue decoration, Knight Class. He was arrested in 1950 based on a Ministerial Order, without being trield or convicted in any way. All this time, he was unable to find the reason for his imprisonment. During his detention years in the communist prison camps, the only explanation he was provided was that it was a reeducation administrative penalty. In the early 1980s, he was in search of a publisher for the manuscript of a work entitled “Pe aripi, pe roţi şi patine” (On Wings, Wheels and Skates). Unfortunately, no one knows what happened to the manuscript after Frim’s death.\ [/tab] [tab title=”Gallery”] Alexandru „Dudu” Frim Date of birth: 9 martie 1908 Deceased: 1980 Place of birth: Râmnicu Sărat [nggallery id=62][/tab] [tab title=”Planes”] Alexandru „Dudu” Frim Date of birth: 9 martie 1908 Deceased: 1980 Place of birth: Râmnicu Sărat [recent_posts count=”100″ cat=”21″][/tab] [tab title=”Archives”] Alexandru „Dudu” Frim Date of birth: 9 martie 1908 Deceased: 1980 Place of birth: Râmnicu Sărat [recent_posts count=”100″ cat=”80″][/tab] [/tabs]
Mircea „Miky” Cantacuzino
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