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    On the 1st photo on the 1st page is Sub-ensign I.K. Efremov, pilot of the Guards Corps Aviation Detachment, Petrograd, August 1916.

    Here is the photo of the 15th Corps Detachment military pilot ensign Sergei Chistokletov 1915

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    Nice photo Sajkaca!

    On the 1st photo on the 1st page is Sub-ensign I.K. Efremov, pilot of the Guards Corps Aviation Detachment, Petrograd, August 1916.

    Yep (post # 8) :)

    Cheers,

    Nick

    Posted

    Thanks, many more in the beautiful book "Uniforma Rossiiskogo Voennogo Vozdushnogo Flota" Tom 1 (1890-1935), publisher Fond Russkie Vityazi, Moscow 2004. I am afraid that it is out of print...

    Posted

    One interesting detail. Service side cap "pilotka" was introduced in 1914 only for the Imperial Russian airmen, black with red piping, and silver lace for officers. However, this type of cap won the fame with Red Army in WW2.

    Posted

    Now something very interesting.

    Meet aviator Pavlov Ivan Ulianovich and his owl ;)

    Wow! Do you really own this? What's the story behind it? It's one of the best WW I historical aviation militaria pieces I've ever seen. It's a stunner and would certainly be a center piece of my, and most, collections.

    Chuck

    Posted (edited)

    I wish Chuck!

    Indeed a beautiful piece of history...

    But the price was way too high!

    Edited by JapanX
    Posted

    Thanks, many more in the beautiful book "Uniforma Rossiiskogo Voennogo Vozdushnogo Flota" Tom 1 (1890-1935), publisher Fond Russkie Vityazi, Moscow 2004. I am afraid that it is out of print...

    Very nice book indeed Sajkasa!

    All three volumes ;)

    Cheers,

    Nick

    Posted

    Only those who immigrated ;)

    As a matter of fact St. George cross was also worn by the officers who joined the Red Army. There were few very nice articles on the subject in the beautiful Russian magazine Zeughaus. I will find and post some of them when I dig them out in my archive.

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