Vyacheslav Matveyevich Tkachov (Russian: Вячеслав Матвеевич Ткачёв) was a Russian general and writer.

In 1913 Tkachov became military pilot of Imperial Russian Air Service.

In 1914, the Russian pilot Lt. Vyacheslav Tkachov became the very first Russian pilot who shot down enemy aircraft with handgun. He attacked German "Albatros" and shot the enemy pilot ^[1]

Later, Tkachov took part in Russian Civil War.

Honours and awards

• Order of Saint Stanislaus (May 1910)
• Order of St. Anna of the Third Class (February 1913)
• Order of St. Vladimir of the Fourth Class (February 1915)
• Order of St. George of the Fourth Degree (July 1916)
• Gold Sword for Bravery (September 1916)
• Distinguished Service Order (United Kingdom)

References

Sources

• Blume, August. The Russian Military Air Fleet in World War I, Volume One. (Schiffer Publishing, 2010). ISBN  0764333518, 978–0764333514.
• — The Russian Military Air Fleet in World War I, Volume Two. (Schiffer Publishing, 2010) ISBN  0764333526, 9780764333521.
• А.В. Махалин. М. Ткачёв — участник и историк воздушных сражений Великой войны // Первая мировая война и участие в ней России. Часть II. М., 1994.

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