Emanoil Ionescu

Emanoil Ionescu
Emanoil Ionescu
Born	17 March 1887 Tămpeni
Died	14 June 1949 (aged 62) Bucarest
Allegiance	Romania
Service/branch	Air Force
Battles/wars	World War II Eastern Front
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Emanoil Ionescu (17 March 1887 – 14 June 1949) was a Romanian General during World War II and commander of the Romanian Air Force's Corpul I Aerian.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 10 May 1944 as General de escadră and commanding general of the Royal Romanian 1st Air Corps^{[1][Note 1]}
• Order of Suvorov (9 August 1945)

Notes

1. According to Scherzer on 28 April 1944.^[2]

References

Citations

1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 462.
2. Scherzer 2007, p. 413.

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.