Milu, Ion

Ion Milu

*1902 Brasov
+1980 Brasov


Ion Milu was born in Brašove in the year 1902. In osemnástich rokoch started študovať on pilotnej school in Tecui and to aktívnej services vstúpil in 1922 as sergeant of the air force. Pôsobil aj ako air inštruktor, a test pilot for a rôznych výrobcov lietadiel and a member of the rôznych military komisií. Ochre rfect person from another lietal with the IAR-80 Type 0 (prototype) in experimentálnej letke in the Piper.
In the year 1940 was the major Ion Milu pridelený to 7. stíhacej skupin,who was armed with a new Messerschmittmi Bf 109 E. Attended the sa campaign of 1941 and managed to sa him zostreliť 3 sovietske lietadlá.
7. stíhacia group sa came back späť to Romania, ako väčšina rumuských jednotiek. On the front, into the Stalingrad area sa got in septembri 1942.After the start of sovietskej offensive, boli obkľúčení, but in dramatic circumstances, sa im managed to uniknúť.
After reorganizovaní,on jar 1943 opäť fought against sovietom, ako súčasť JG 3 "Udet" 10. April fool's day I thought 10 Romanian Messerschmittov Bf 109G sovietske airport north of Voroshilovgrad. On the ground destroyed 5 machines Pe-2. Zatiaľ, what the Germans confirmed all the víťazstvá, Romanians have acknowledged the iba two, so that the Ion Milu, Nicolae Burileanu and Tiberiu Vinca came up every one víťazsvo, for byrokratom, who never, or at the front.

Milu in one mesiaci zostreli Pe-2 and Il-2 and dosiahol 5 víťazstiev.
6. maya caught the jackpot: 3 sovietske lietadlá in an epic jet bitke. About 3:45 vzlietol together with Gheorghe Firu, each with 200 kg bômb. Ich the role of bolo bombardovať delostreleckú batériu. Vo výške 2000 metrov zbadali veľkú formáciu sovietskeho air force (18 Il-2s and 20 La-5) smerujúcich to pristávacej ploche. Ponáhľali sa to ich miestu určenia to have knocked his cargo and returned to sa späť. Zaútočiac zospodu, donútil Milu nepriateľa prerušiť pristávanie what allow your spolubojovníkom vzlietnuť and zapojiť sa to boja. Zostrelil one La-5, but zamierilo to him 10 nepriateľov. About 4.20 interrupting súboj, after what zostrelil ďalšie dve La-5. Dochádzalo him fuel, because he 20mm grenade prederavil palivovú tank.

In that time slúžil in 57. an air wing (7. battle group) ako dôstojnícky čakateľ tretej triedy, what is hodnosť porovnateľná with hodnosťou ensign, very zriedkavá a tribute to the pre poddôstojníka. Dad squadron was under the command of air force captain Alexander Serbanesca and belonged under her lieutenant Teodor Greceanu, lieutenant Constantin Rozariu and poddôstojník Ion Mucenica, one of the najlepších pilotov ARR (these guys have acquired by the end of the war celkovo around 120 víťazstiev). 6. júla vzlietla formácia under the command of veliteľa Romanesca, ich the role of the bol pozemný attack. But vo výške approximately 600 m started veliteľov machine horieť. His kabína sa, quickly enveloped the dymom, so haven't seen. Pokúšal sa zoskočiť, bol, however, too low. Milu sa to him to go and navádzal him, up till the nepristáli. From utrpeného shock and from dymu veliteľ Romanescu zamdlel. Lieutenant colonel Milu pristal in its vicinity and vytiahol him from lietadla.

August 1942 bol pre Romanian pilotov very good mesiac. Ion Milu him started on the 4th. augusta strojom How, and continued the two Il-2, 7. augusta. Milu vzlietol along with kapitánom Alexandra Serbanescom, Lungulescom and Naghirneacom. After 20-25 minútach zbadali formáciu Il-2 doprevádzaných stíhačmi. Prekvapili ich in the momente, when they started with útokom on pozemné sily. After a very presnej streľbe sent Serbanescu and Milu to the ground štyri Il-2 (every two). Sovietski fighters so zvyškom your bitevných lietadiel ustúpili.

16. august 1943 was the greatest dňom 7. a fighting group. Mali 22 potvrdených and 5 pravdepodobných zostrelov. Mila bol with piatimi zásahmi hero of the day: 2x B-8 and 3x Il-2. This is najvyššie number víťazstiev dosiahnuté Romanian pilotom for one day. Well its radosť nemala long trvanie. From home sa to him get management of his wife, who was married from 1930 pred mesiacom zomrela. Teraz sa chance his dcéry that happens sirotou, substantially increased. Well his abilities and probably aj šťastie him udržali to live until the end of the war.

19. augusta vzlietol Mila together with Gheorghe Firu on your tretiu misiu. Put sa to the lieutenant Ionovi Dobranovi and Moldoveanovi. Mali eskortovať formáciu Romanian Hs 129. Dropped ich štyri Yaks. Milu one, quickly sent in plameňoch to the ground. Well objavilo sa osem LaGGov. Milu and his number (Firu) sa ich approached and left the Yaks nováčikom. Although boli in outnumbered 4 to one, prilepili sa on Henschely. The soviets saw that the sa nedostanú to bitevníkom, preto put my machine against stíhačom. Managed the sa me zatlačiť adjutant Firu into kūṭa and Love him came up to help. Čoskoro however, realizing that doesn't have to činenia so začiatočníkmi. Behind him was a Soviet s bielym nosom and kvetom on trupe lietadla and začul bubnovanie guliek on svojom machine. Vigorously klesol sat 7 Sovietmi for chvostom, snažiac sa so vyhnúť ich streľbe. Nakoniec dosiahol priateľské line and núdzovo has landed so strojom, ktorý sa viac resembled to swiss cheese than on the airplane.

Next day general Dessloch, veliteľ 4. an air fleet distinguished himself with an Iron krížom Slovak triedy. About desať days neskôr won najvyššie Romanian military vyznamenanie: like Mihai Viteazu tretej triedy.
In októbri 1943, replaced on the front 9. stíhacia group siedmu stíhaciu group. Niektorí pilots, however, zostali. Bol between them aj Ion Milu. After reorganizácii group bol in 56. stíhacej wing.
With príchodom jari 1944 dosiahla war Romanian border and 9. stíhacia group had to fighting tvrdšie, because now the bolo in stávke much using. 15. April fool's day zostrelil Milu one DB-3 and 17. April fool's day one of Il-2.

24. maya won the Love my 30. víťazstvo. Vzlietol from the airport Tecuci zadržať vo výške 6500 m letiaci DB-3. Zostrelil him. Lf sa so coupling lietadlom got to the miestu crash, to confirm entitlement to zostrel, found strelca zo zostreleného lietadla, ktorý sa im without resistance surrendered. 31. víťazstvo came in about six days neskôr, 30. maya. Captain Serbanescu, Milu and Mucenica sprevádzali Romanian Ju 88. Attacked the them 6, the P-39. Fighters zasiahli and Ion Milu odpovedal on sovietsku paľbu. Aj Mucenicovi sa managed one out to get, although after zložitom manévrovaní.

From 6. June lietala 9. stíhacia group on a mission against náletom the USAAF. 11. June uspeli pri zostrelení piatich B-17. Mila was one of víťazov. Was that his first American. The second came up 15. júla, again the B-17, the third was the P-38 from 31. júla.

Ďalšia a fight with a huge presilou USAAF sa took place on 8. augusta. Captain Constantin Cantacuzino viedol 18 lietadiel 9. stíhacej group, which sent out against útočníkom. On bombardéri attacked twice. Miluovi sa managed to zostreliť one P-38. Right then zbadal formáciu 40 Mustangov mieriacich to his group. He alerted some and tried to vyhnúť Američanom, the well was already late. His riadenie I did not respond. Pri otváraní pilotnej kabíny you vykĺbil shoulder. Managed sa him vyskočiť and otvoriť parachute. About niečo neskôr him in the clear day find and odviezli to the hospital in Doicesti.

On the front sa back vo februári 1945 along with the first stíhacou group, by the end of the war, however, nedosiahol uh víťazstvo.

After vojne sa reportedly niekoľko Romanian pilotov attended the veľkej in the air prehliadke vo Wiener-Neustadt organized 1. June 1945 Spojencami. Prescribed letcov požiadali to predviedli nemeckú equipment and weapons, including the Bf 109 G-6 and provide porovnanie with najnovšími typmi american and sovietskych lietadiel. While touring späť to Miškolca letel Mila together with poručíkom air force Dumitrom Baciu. Over Maďarskom stretli viacero P-51D and waved krídlami ako poznávacie znamenie. The mustangs im have been ok, if sa lietadlá míňali. Formácia sovietskych Il-2 sprevádzaná How-3 preletela around for a few minutes neskôr. Romanians again waved krídlami, although im Soviets neodkývali and continued in flight in the opposite smerom. Posledné two Yaks suddenly broke formáciu and attacked the two Gustavy. Milu mal already the army had enough (after 5. rokoch) and I decided sa neodpovedať on the attack. The sharp falling sa got to bezpečia. Air force lieutenant Baciu zjavne one zo sovietskych lietadiel zostrelil and myself sa, came back home sat 16 dierami vo svojom machine.

In the summer of 1946 obdržal swords to the order of Mihai Viteazu 3. triedy.

In 1949 I was kapitánom and again pôsobil as a test pilot in the IAR (teraz tractor plant "Sovromtractor"). 12. maya 1940 vzlietol the first time with prototypom IAR-811. In the 1950's tested the IAR-813.

In 1980 zomrel in town, in ktorom sa was born before the 72 rokmi. Bol the third greatest Romanian air esom in the Second svetovej vojne so 45 potvrdenými víťazstvami and 6 pravdepodobnými zostrelmi.

source:Dénes Bernád, "Rumanian Air Force, the prime decade 1938-1947", Squadron/Signal Publications, 1999.
http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/milu/milu.htm.

For the understanding of the bravery of this soldier, we must remember that it was about subalterního officer, who was awarded the Order of Michael the Winner (Ordinul Mikheil Viteazul) and which would in the German army was poised to get the Knight's cross of the Iron cross 1939, where appropriate, the Order of the German cross. Romania, however, strictly and properly comply with the tradition, and so it was specified exactly in what rank and what degree of the order will be awarded.

Among bearers of the order. class we such as field marshal von manstein's. Also. the class was formed by the strap cross nošeným on the breast. II. class - komanderský degree, worn in its neck-ribbon. Although unusual distribution, but in Romania the usual still e.g. at the Credit of the air regulations.

Here pictured an officer has this order III. class without swords. The order was awarded for extraordinary bravery, not For credit..