List of World War I flying aces from the Russian Empire
A list of World War I flying aces from the Russian Empire. All aces served in the Imperial Russian Air Force unless otherwise noted.[1]
English name | Russian name | No. of victories | Birthplace | Notes |
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Alexander Kazakov | Александр Александрович Казаков | 20 | Kherson Governorate | |
Vasili Yanchenko | Василий Иванович Янченко | 16 | Nikolsk-Ussuriski | |
Pavel Argeyev | Павел Владимирович Аргеев | 15 | Yalta | Served in the French Aéronautique Militaire as well as the Imperial Russian Air Force |
Ivan Smirnov | Иван Васильевич Смирнов | 11 | Vladimir Governorate | |
Grigory Eduardovich Suk, alias Grigory Suk | Григорий Эдуардович Сук | 10 | Rassudovo | |
Ivan Loiko, alias Ivan Loyko | Иван Александрович Лойко | 8 | Minsk | |
Donat Makijonek | Донат Адамович Макеенок | 8 | Vitebsk Region | |
Vladimir Strzhizhevsky | Владимир Иванович Стрижевский | 8 | Mogilev | |
Yevgraph Kruten | Евграф Николаевич Крутень | 7 | Kiev | Served in the French Aéronautique Militaire as well as the Imperial Russian Air Force |
Alexander P. de Seversky | Александр Николаевич Прокофьев-Северский | 6 | Tiflis | |
Konstantin Vakulovsky | Константин Константинович Вакуловский | 6 | Dagestan, Russian Turkestan | |
Victor Fyodorov, alias Viktor or Victor Federov, Fedoroff, or Fyodoroff | Виктор Георгиевич Фёдоров | 5 | Almaty | Served primarily in the French Aéronautique Militaire |
Juri Gilsher | Юрий Владимирович Гильшер | 5 | Moscow | |
Nikolay Kokorin | Николай Кириллович Кокорин | 5 | Khlebnikovo | |
Ernst Leman | Эрнст Крисланович Леман | 5 | Latvia | |
Ivan Alexandrovich Orlov | Иван Александрович Орлов | 5 | Saint Petersburg | |
Alexander Pishvanov | Александр Михайлович Пишванов | 5 | Novocherkassk | |
Eduard Pulpe | Эдуард Мартынович Пульпе | 5 | Riga | Scored victories while in the French Aéronautique Militaire |
Mikhail Safonov | Михаил Иванович Сафонов | 5 | Ostrogozhsk | |
Viktor Utgof | Виктор Викторович Утгоф | 5 | Novoradansk | Imperial Russian Navy aviation of the Black Sea Fleet |
References
- Notes
- ^ Franks, Guest & Alegi (1997), pp. 206–217.
- Bibliography
- Durkota, Allen (1995). The Imperial Russian Air Service: Famous Pilots and Aircraft and World War I. Mountain View, California: Flying Machines Press. ISBN 9780963711021.
- Franks, Norman; Guest, Russell F. & Alegi, Gregory (1997). Above the War Fronts: The British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918: Volume 4 of Fighting Airmen of WWI Series: Volume 4 of Air Aces of WWI. London, UK: Grub Street. ISBN 978-1-898697-56-5.
- Kulikov, Victor (2013). Russian Aces of World War 1: Aircraft of the Aces. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781780960616.
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