The aircrew members listed below either performed notable feats in aviation, held senior positions in Russian military aviation, and/or received national or international decorations for their aviation service.
Pyotr Nesterov, inventor and pioneer of
aerobatics, the first pilot to perform the
aerobatic loop, died while scoring the world's first air combat victory by
aerial ramming an Austrian plane during World War I
Eduard Pulpe, World War I flying ace, recipient of awards for valor from both the Imperial Russian and French governments[15]
Endel Puusepp, long-range bomber pilot, famous for flying a Soviet delegation over the front line from Moscow to Washington D.C. and back to negotiate the opening of the
Western Front,
Hero of the Soviet Union
Ivan Smirnov, recipient of five Russian and two foreign military decorations, fourth ranking fighter ace of the Imperial Russian Air Service during World War I[17]
The aircrew members listed below either performed notable feats in aviation, held senior positions in Russian military aviation, and/or received national or international decorations for their aviation service.
Pyotr Nesterov, inventor and pioneer of
aerobatics, the first pilot to perform the
aerobatic loop, died while scoring the world's first air combat victory by
aerial ramming an Austrian plane during World War I
Eduard Pulpe, World War I flying ace, recipient of awards for valor from both the Imperial Russian and French governments[15]
Endel Puusepp, long-range bomber pilot, famous for flying a Soviet delegation over the front line from Moscow to Washington D.C. and back to negotiate the opening of the
Western Front,
Hero of the Soviet Union
Ivan Smirnov, recipient of five Russian and two foreign military decorations, fourth ranking fighter ace of the Imperial Russian Air Service during World War I[17]