 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokubatwa kweOdessa, mauto eRomania akaderedza huwandu hwemauto epamberi uye aive mumwe wevachengeti vakatumirwa kumba. Akatora nzvimbo yake paLARES. Zvisinei akakwanisa kuronga kudzokera kubasa rinoshanda muna 1943. On 26 April 1943 akanga remobilized uye kupiwa 7th Fighter Group, iro rakanga rakashongedzerwa itsva Messerschmitt Bf 109. Musi waMay 5 akasvika pamutsetse wokutanga uye akagadzwa kuva mutungamiri we58th Fighter Squadron. On 29 June, iye wingman ake akapinda mana Yakolevs, vaviri La-5s uye mana Spitfires, apo vachiedza kudzivirira vatatu Romanian Ju 88 Ndege. Mutevedzeri wake akarohwa zvakaipisisa uye akamanikidzwa kudzokera kuchiteshi. Akaenderera mberi nokurwa ari oga ndokupfura Spitfires mbiri. Ndege yake yakakuvadzwa, asi akakwanisa kutiza ndokuita kumhara nomudumbu. Mabhomba maviri akaparadzwa. Muna July akabhururuka masikati nousiku, kunyange zvazvo ndege yake yakanga isina kugadzirirwa kubhururuka zvishoma. Cantacuzino akaedza kudzivisa mabhomba eSoviet okubhomba nhandare yake yendege. VaGermany vakaramba, vachimuona somunhu anopenga zvishoma, saka pakupedzisira akarega kuita mabasa ousiku. 