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518:. After numerous searches, we found the destroyed aircraft and the lifeless body of the pilot, but no trace of the observer, officer Franz Xaver Schlarbaum. Therefore, we have the honor and the request to ask you with deep respect to inform us whether the above-mentioned officer, our comrade, is a prisoner and where he is now. Please attend to him with the utmost care, if he is wounded. With our thanks in advance. An Austro-Hungarian air
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enemy observer out. Moving
Schlarbaum to a safer place, Bădulescu returned to the burning aircraft and retrieved the body of the pilot who had died from his wounds. Following this, the two airmen loaded the Austrian observer in the Farman as he couldn't move because of his injured legs, Bădulescu remaining and returning to the Romanian lines. During all this time, no one fired a gun, the
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As the opportunity arose, Bădulescu and his comrades flew to Iași in order to see how their prisoner was doing, each time bringing him some of their modest rations: cigarettes, sweets, or fruit. At the start of
September, Austro-Hungarian airmen dropped another package at Onești. It contained clothes
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Bădulescu watched through his binoculars as the enemy aircraft was going down and saw the observer struggling to break free from the burning wreckage. He signaled to his pilot to land as close as possible to the downed Austro-Hungarian airplane. After landing, he got out of the cockpit and pulled the
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where the doctors operated on him immediately, saving his legs from amputation. Soon after, Slt. Bădulescu delivered a message to the Austro-Hungarian airfield that contained an account of what happened. Moreover, to dispel any doubts, his message had been doubled by a letter from the wounded man.
360:, setting fire to 3 factory halls. From the 23rd of March, Bădulescu joined the F.6 Squadron. During this period he flew almost daily over the front, bringing back photographs and valuable information about enemy troop movements. On 1 April 1917, he was moved to an administrative position within
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334:. As an air observer he performed reconnaissance as well as interception of enemy aircraft missions, flying with Gheorghe Negrescu and Ioan Peneș. On 20 November 1916, while flying on a mission to intercept some German airplanes that were over
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Schlarbaum, which was returning from a mission over the Romanian lines. Mihăilescu immediately intervened, diving on the Oeffag, and from several short bursts, set enemy airplane on fire. The Austro-Hungarian aircraft
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on 23 March 1893. He was from a family of career soldiers. After graduating from high school he attended the
Military School for Infantry Officers, which he graduated from in 1914, receiving the rank of
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for those who saved his life. Schlarbaum returned from captivity on 18 April 1918. After the war, Dumitru Bădulescu kept in touch with the
Austrian aviator, the two of them becoming good friends.
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The fighting was going on for about 10 minutes when the enemy plane, badly damaged, fell in the Soveja area. Our crew earned the congratulations of the front commander...
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Romanian message, during which the German and Austrian anti-aircraft artillery did not engage, the fighting resumed.
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into a family of career soldiers, after graduating from high school he attended the
Military School for Infantry Officers and was awarded the rank of
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area and direct friendly artillery fire. On 1 August, he obtained his 3rd confirmed air victory, shooting down an observation balloon near
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Romanian aviators. Gentlemen! On 9 August 1917, one of our airplanes was hit in aerial combat near Cota 408, south of
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Triquerville and observer Slt. Dumitru Bădulescu was flying on a reconnaissance mission over the enemy lines of
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Dumitru Bădulescu scored 5 confirmed and 3 unconfirmed victories during the war:
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on both sides of the front being stunned by what had happened between the lines.
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3rd Class, for unknown reasons, he did not receive the order.
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over the Mărăști – Soveja area, flying with Lt. Petre Ioanin.
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for their wounded comrade, chocolate and a few bottles of
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The next day, an Austrian Hansa-Brandenburg C.I flew over
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In 1913, he participated as a student-Sergeant during the
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he will bomb the enemy positions in the Momâia Peak -
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229:Commemorative Cross 1916-1918
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