Royal Romanian Air Force

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The Royal Romanian Air Force was the air arm of the Kingdom of Romania, active primarily during the World War II era and aligned with the Axis powers for much of the conflict.

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Label Occurrences
Royal Romanian Air Force canonical 21
Romanian Air Force 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air force
military branch
activeDuring World War II
alliance Axis powers
conflict Battle of Stalingrad
Defense of the Ploiești oil fields
Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II

Operation Barbarossa
cooperatedWith Luftwaffe
Regia Aeronautica
country Kingdom of Romania
countryType Kingdom
era 20th century
governmentForm monarchy
headquartersLocation Bucharest
notableBase Ploiești, Romania
surface form: Ploiești region
notableOperation air operations over the Black Sea
escort of Axis bombers on the Eastern Front
opposed Royal Air Force
Soviet Union
United States Army Air Forces
partOf Romanian Armed Forces
primaryTheater Eastern Front
Romanian airspace
protected Ploiești, Romania
surface form: Ploiești oil installations
role air defense
close air support
reconnaissance
tactical bombing
status defunct
successor Romanian Air Force
supported Romanian Land Forces
surface form: Romanian Army
timePeriod World War II
surface form: World War II era

interwar period
usedAircraft Bristol Blenheim
Heinkel He 111
IAR 80 fighter aircraft
surface form: IAR 80

IAR 80 fighter aircraft
surface form: IAR 81

Junkers Ju 87
Junkers Ju 88
Messerschmitt Bf 109
PZL P.11
Potez 63
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero
surface form: Savoia-Marchetti SM.79
usedDomesticDesigns true
usedForeignDesigns true

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 primaryUser Royal Romanian Air Force
Heinkel He 111 operator Royal Romanian Air Force
this entity surface form: Romanian Air Force
Junkers Ju 87 usedBy Royal Romanian Air Force
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 usedBy Royal Romanian Air Force
IAR (Romania) suppliedTo Royal Romanian Air Force
Fiat CR.42 Falco operator Royal Romanian Air Force
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero primaryUser Royal Romanian Air Force
IAR 80 fighter aircraft usedBy Royal Romanian Air Force
subject surface form: IAR 80
IAR 37 reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft operatedBy Royal Romanian Air Force
subject surface form: IAR 37
IAR 37 reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft primaryUser Royal Romanian Air Force
subject surface form: IAR 37
IAR 14 trainer aircraft usedBy Royal Romanian Air Force
subject surface form: IAR 14
IAR 14 trainer aircraft primaryUser Royal Romanian Air Force
subject surface form: IAR 14
IAR 27 trainer aircraft primaryUser Royal Romanian Air Force
subject surface form: IAR 27
IAR 27 trainer aircraft operator Royal Romanian Air Force
subject surface form: IAR 27
Sparviero usedBy Royal Romanian Air Force
subject surface form: Savoia-Marchetti SM.79
Hunchback usedBy Royal Romanian Air Force
PZL P.11 usedBy Royal Romanian Air Force
Heinkel He 112 usedBy Royal Romanian Air Force
Heinkel He 112 primaryUser Royal Romanian Air Force
Ploesti raid belligerent Royal Romanian Air Force
Breguet 14 operator Royal Romanian Air Force
Tupolev SB usedBy Royal Romanian Air Force