Alexander Evgenievich Raevsky (1887-1937) - Russian aviator, one of the founders of the national flight business.
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| Date of Birth | May 10 (22), 1887 |
| Place of Birth | Kharkov province |
| Date of death | 1937 |
| Citizenship |  Russian Empire  RSFSR (1917-1922) ,  the USSR |
| Occupation | aviator |
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Biography
Came from an old noble family. He graduated from the classical gymnasium in Yuriev . He studied at the Department of Chemistry of St. George's University . In November 1908 he was called up for military service. In 1911 he graduated from the flight school of L. Bleriot in France. Since June 1911, he has been a pilot leader at a flight school of the Imperial All-Russian Aero Club. In 1913, he was sent back to France for training in aerobatics, which he graduated in April 1914. Upon returning to Russia, he made many demonstration flights around Russia, including nine “ dead loops ”. One of them, made at an altitude of 40 meters, became a world record. Since August 1914, he supervised the training of pilots at the Sevastopol Military Aviation School ( Kacha ).
With the outbreak of World War I, he fought on the Southwestern Front as part of the 32nd Corps Aviation Unit. For bold reconnaissance flights and bombing of enemy targets, the rank of ensign was awarded. He participated in the meeting and air escort of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Emperor Nicholas II (1915), who made an inspection trip to the Southwestern Front. In May 1916, he was awarded the title of "military pilot." In August 1917 he was enrolled in the 10th aviation detachment.
After the October Revolution of 1917, he headed the air station of the main airfield in Kherson. From May 1919 in the Red Army: until the end of the year he was an assistant commander of the Moscow Aviation School. Since February 1920, on test work in the flight department of Glavvozdukhflot. Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Raevsky’s aviation activity, the journal “The Bulletin of the Air Fleet” wrote (1921):
- “Over a 10-year period, the hero of the day flew 32 different types of airplanes. He trained about two hundred pilots in flight. ”
During this time, Raevsky stayed in the air for about 3 thousand hours. Since September 1922, he stopped flying for health reasons and returned to the profession of a photographer. Since 1922, he headed the training photo laboratory at the Academy of the Air Fleet named after Professor N. E. Zhukovsky. In 1924-1930 he worked in the editorial office of the magazine "Airplane" and until 1932 - in TsAGI . Repressed in 1937. Died in custody. Rehabilitated posthumously.
Rewards:
- Order of St. Stanislav I Art. and III art.
- Order of St. Anne II and III Art.
- St. George Cross IV Art.
Links
- Raevsky Alexander Evgenievich . Internet portal of the Ministry of Defense of Russia . Date of appeal April 11, 2018.
- Raevsky Alexander Evgenievich . Internet portal Aviaru.rf . Date of appeal April 11, 2018.