Background
He was born and died in Bucharest.
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 August 10, 2012, 2 days before his 96th birthday. He was the last survivor of ”Grupul 7 Vânătoare” pilots who managed to escape the Stalingrad encirclement.