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NAME                                          VICTORIES                  COMMENTS

Kazakov, Alexandr Alexandrovič                   20                      1., 1 by ramming
Arceulov, Konstantin Konstantinovič              18                      
Jančenko, Vasilij Ivanovič                       16                      2.
d'Argujejev, Pavel Viktorovič                    15    (+2 U)
Thomson, Eduard Martynovič                       11                      10., Latvian
Smirnov, Ivan Vasiljevič                         11                      11.
Sergejevskij, Boris Vasiljevič                   11    (+3 balloons)     9.
Zverev, Fedor Fedorovič                          10+                     
Šeremetěvskij, G.                                10                      8.
Suk, Grigorij Eduardovič                          9    (+1 U)            3.
Makejonok, Donat Adamovič                         8    (+1 U)            17., Pole
Striževskij, Valdimir Ivanovič                    7    (+3 U)
Kruteň, Jevgraf Nikolajevič                       7    (+2 U)            8.
Vakulovskij, Konstantin Konstantinovič            6    (+1 U)
Teteris, Olgerdis I.                              6                      12., Latvian
Suješnikov, Alexandr Nikolajevich                 6
Prokovjev de Severskij, Alexandr Nikolajevič      6                      4.
Olgierd, Petr                                     6                      8.
Lojko, Ivan Alexandrovič                          6    (+3 U)
Utgov, Viktor V.                                  5                      
Tkačev, Vjačeslav Matvejevič                      5                      8.
Safonov, Michail Ivanovic                         5                      7.
Puš, S. S.                                        5                      
Pulpe, Eduard Martinovic                          5                      6., Latvian
Pišvanov, Alexandr Michajlovič                    5    (+1 U)
Orlov, Ivan Alexandrovič                          5                      19.
Mročkovskij, Antoni E.                            5    (+1 PAF)          16., Pole
Majhlapuu, Jaan M.  (Machlapu)                    5                      15., Estonian
Leman, Ernst Krislanovich                         5                      Lithuanian
Kromorovkij, Viktor                               5                      14., Pole
Kokorin, Nikolaj Kirilovich                       5
Grochowalski, Tadeusz                             5                      13., Pole
Gilšer, Jurij Ivanovič                            5
Fjodorov, Viktor Georgijevich                     5                      5.
Bagrovnikov, Ivan Michailovič                     5


Marinovič, Petar                                 21    (+1 U)            18., Serbian


Širinkin, Aleksej Dmitrijevič                     4    (+5 SRAF)
Sapožnikov, Georgij Stěpanovič                    4    (+4 SRAF) 
Stoman, Jevgenij Karlovič                         3
Zemblevič                                         2
Tumanskij, Aleksej Konstantinovič                 2    (+1 SRAF)
Šangin                                            2
Bašinskij                                         2
Žabrov                                            1
Zinovjev                                          1
Šivkov, Aleksej Vladimirovič                      1
Poljakov                                          1
Petrožickij, Ivan Josifovič                       1
Petko                                             1                      *
Njukjaněn, V.                                     1
Nestěrov, Petr Nikolajevič                        1                      by ramming
Navrockij, Nikolaj Vasiljevič                     1+
Lipski                                            1
Lebeď, Stěpan Aleksandrovič                       1
Krisanov                                          1
Kiselevič                                         1
Karklin                                           1
Jevlampjevs, Nikolajs                             1
Huber                                             1


de Petrowski, Alexandre Sergejevič                0    (+1 U)            


Meos, Edgar Ivanovič                              ?    (+1 balloon)      Estonian
Vinogradov, Ivan Nikolajevič                      ?
Tomaševskij, Appolinarij Ivanovič                 ?
Tichockij                                         ?
Smirnov, Grigorij Stěpanovič                      ?
Longin, Lipskij                                   ?
Jefimov, Michail Nikiforovič                      ?
Jankovskij, G. V.                                 ?
Čaruchin                                          ?
Bratoljubov, Jurij A.                             ?


Abrams, Peteris                                   -                      Latvian
Bołsunowski, Feliks                               -                      Pole
Brygiewicz, Stefan                                -                      Pole
Celmons, Rejlolds                                 -                      Latvian
Děprejs, Gerberts                                 -                      Latvian
Mancewicz, Antoni                                 -                      20., Pole
Pawlikowski, Stefan                               -                      21., Pole
Wermiński, Romuald                                -                      Pole
PAF ... Polish Air Force
SRAF ... Soviet Red Air Fleet
U ... unconfirmed
* ... observer


Comments:
  1. Alexandr Alexandrovič Kazakov is sometimes credited with twenty confirmed victories (Franks, Norman & Guest Russell & Alegi, Gregory - Above The War Fronts (A Complete Record of The British Two-Seater Bomber Pilot And Observer Aces, The British Two-Seater Fighter Observer Aces, And The Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian And Russian Fighter Aces 1914-1918), Grub Street 1997), twenty confirmed and four unconfirmed victories (Asy Pervoj Mirovoj vojny, http://avia-hobby.ru/publ/aces/aces.html), thirty two victories (Asy Rossijskoj Imperii, http://www.aces.boom.ru/ww1/ww1.htm, War is Over - WW1 aces of Russian Empire, http://wio.ru/ww1a/ace1.htm) or seventeen victories (Zahálka, Jan & Tesař, Petr Aharon - Alexandr Alexandrovič Kazakov,leteké eso č.1 z východní fronty, in Historie a plastikové modelářství, No.5/94).
  2. Vasilij Ivanovič Jančenko is sometimes credited with sixteen confirmed victories (Franks, Norman & Guest Russell & Alegi, Gregory - c.d.) nineteen victories (Kulikov, Viktor P. & Šedivý, Miloš - Se soudruhy v ráji, in Aero Plastic Kits Revue, No. 55/1996, No. 56/1996, No. 57/1997, No. 58/1997) or six victories (Vašíček Radko - Kdo sestřelil Jana Odešlo 14. října 1917, in Historie a plastikové modelářství, No.5/99).
  3. Grigorij Eduardovič Suk was son of Russian and Czech parents. He achieved nine confirmed victories and one unconfirmed victory. According to some sources he was credited with seven victories (Kulikov, Viktor P. & Šedivý, Miloš - Se soudruhy v ráji, in Aero Plastic Kits Revue, No. 55/1996, No. 56/1996, No. 57/1997, No. 58/1997).
  4. Alexandr Nikolajevič Prokovjev de Severskij is sometimes credited with six confirmed victories (Franks, Norman & Guest Russell & Alegi, Gregory - c.d.) or thirteen victories (Asy Rossijskoj Imperii - c.d.).
  5. Viktor Georgijevich Fjodorov is sometimes credited with five confirmed victories (Franks, Norman L.R. & Bailey Frank W. - Over the Front (A Complete Recor Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914-1918), Grub Street, London 1992) or eleven victories (Asy Rossijskoj Imperii - c.d.).
  6. Eduard Martinovic Pulpe is sometimes credited with five confirmed victories (Franks, Norman & Guest Russell & Alegi, Gregory - c.d.) or eight victories (Asy Rossijskoj Imperii - c.d.).
  7. Michail Ivanovic Safonov is sometimes credited with five confirmed victories (Franks, Norman & Guest Russell & Alegi, Gregory - c.d.) or eleven victories (Asy Rossijskoj Imperii - c.d.).
  8. Jevgraf Nikolajevič Kruteň is sometimes credited with seven confirmed and two unconfirmed victories (Kulikov, Viktor P. & Šedivý, Miloš - c.d.), nine confirmed victories (Dymič, Valerij & Šedivý Miloš - Štábní kapitán jevgraf Nikolajevič Kruteň, part 3, in Aero Plastic Kits Revue, No. 33/1995) or seventeen vicories (War is Over - WW1 aces of Russian Empire - c.d.).
  9. Only two or three victories actually confirmed. (Franks, Norman & Guest Russell & Alegi, Gregory - Above The War Fronts (A Complete Record of The British Two-Seater Bomber Pilot And Observer Aces, The British Two-Seater Fighter Observer Aces, And The Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian And Russian Fighter Aces 1914-1918), Grub Street 1997).
  10. Only one official victory (Franks, Norman & Guest Russell & Alegi, Gregory - c.d.).
  11. Ivan Vasiljevič Smirnov is sometimes credited with eleven confirmed victories (Franks, Norman & Guest Russell & Alegi, Gregory - c.d.), ten confirmed and two unconfirmed victories (Asy Pervoj Mirovoj vojny - c.d.) or thirteen confirmed and two unconfirmed victories (Kulikov, Viktor P. & Šedivý, Miloš - c.d.).
  12. Only two official victories (Franks, Norman & Guest Russell & Alegi, Gregory - c.d.).
  13. Only one seems to be confirmed (Franks, Norman & Guest Russell & Alegi, Gregory - c.d.).
  14. Viktor Kromorovkij is sometimes credited with five victories (e.g. Franks, Norman & Guest Russell & Alegi, Gregory - c.d.) or six victories (e.g. Skulski, Przemyslaw & Sankowski, Wojciech - Asy Wojny 1914-1918, Ace Publication 1994.).
  15. Jaan M. Majhlapuu is sometimes credited with five victories (e.g. Franks, Norman & Guest Russell & Alegi, Gregory - c.d.) or six victories (e.g. Asy Rossijskoj Imperii - c.d.).
  16. Antoni E. Mročkovskij is sometimes credited with five victories (e.g. Franks, Norman & Guest Russell & Alegi, Gregory - c.d.) or nine victories (e.g. Skulski, Przemyslaw & Sankowski, Wojciech - c.d.).
  17. Donat Adamovič Makejonok is sometimes credited with eight confirmed and one unconfirmed victory (Franks, Norman & Guest Russell & Alegi, Gregory - c.d.) or nine confirmed victories (Kulikov, Viktor P. & Šedivý, Miloš - c.d., Asy Pervoj Mirovoj vojny - c.d.).
  18. Many sources told that Petar (Pierre) Marinovič is the French or he is the Russian; but indeedly he is the Serbian (War is Over - WW1 aces of Russian Empire - c.d.).
  19. Ivan Alexandrovič Orlov is sometimes credited with five confirmed victories (Franks, Norman & Guest Russell & Alegi, Gregory - c.d.) or three confirmed and three unconfirmed victories (Asy Pervoj Mirovoj vojny - c.d.)
  20. Antoni Mancewicz achieved one victory when he was flying with Aeronautique Militaire Francaise.
  21. Stefan Pawlikowski is credited with one victory during World War I (flying with Aeronautique Militaire Francaise) and other three victories during Polish-Soviet War 1919-1920.

Sopwith Snipe

Sopwith Snipe (S.No. E6350), pilot Alexandr Alexandrovič Kazakov.

Nieuport 17

Nieuport 17, S.No. 1472, pilot Vasilij Ivanovič Jančenko, 7 IAO, autumn 1917.

Spad VII

Spad VII, S.No. S1546, pilot Ivan Vasiljevič Smirnov, 19 IAO, September-December 1917.

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