The Imperial Russian Air Service: Famous Pilots and Aircraft of World War I

{detailed description}The Imperial Russian Air Service is the first comprehensive story of the men, women, and machines that pioneered aviation in Czarist Russia. Historians, aviation enthusiasts, and modelers alike will find this lavishly illustrated book vital. Detailed biographies of every Russian ace and every foreign ace who flew in Russia during World War One are included, together with victory information for each pilot. The WWI careers of Igor Sikorsky and Dimitry Grigorovich, the most important early Russian designers, are covered in separate sections together with their aircraft. Key manufacturers Anatra, Dux, and Lebedev and their aircraft are detailed. The stories of other notable Russian aviation pioneers, including the first women pilots to fly in combat, are also told. Medals and awards are discussed in their own section and illustrated in colour photos. Pilots and aircraft are illustrated in more than 600 rare photos, many published here for the first time. The 48-page colour section includes paintings, photos of awards, and colour illustrations of 85 aircraft. In addition, 40 aircraft are detailed in 3-view drawings to standard 1/48 or 1/72 scales.
{Author / Publisher / Date}by Alan Durkota, Thomas Darcey and Victor Kulikov
published by Flying Machines Press (USA) 1995 1st edn. 546pp profusely illustrated with black and white photos, line drawings, scale drawings, colour profile drawings etc. index, extensive appendices, bibliography 24x31
{condition}near fine, inc. d/j
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