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On both 11 and 28 August 1915, Orlov flew hazardous reconnaissance under intense ground fire; he won medals for valor for both sorties. In
September 1915, he was entrusted with picking up new aircraft from the factories in Petrograd and Moscow. He would not return to front line duty until October. On
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for military merit. Having left a training stint at
Petrograd Flying School, he was assigned to the First Army Aviation Detachment in February. He actually left Warsaw on 13 April in a Voisin to join the unit near Snyadovo. To his prior assignments of scouting and bombing, he now added aerial combat.
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January, Orlov was one of a party of six Russian pilots who returned home. He reached Petrograd on 20 March 1917. He checked in with his Air Fleet headquarters, submitted a report, and had a nine-page brochure on air tactics published by the Aviation and Aeronautics Field Department
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during World War I. He was a prewar flier, having built both gliders and an airplane, and having earned pilot's license no. 229 just prior to start of the war. He volunteered his experience and his personal airplane to his country's military service. His experience and his valor made him both a
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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: Volume 4 of Fighting Airmen of WWI Series: Volume 4 of Air Aces of
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Imperial Alexandovsky Middle School. He developed an early interest in aviation after attending an air show. His generous allowance allowed him to indulge his obsession for flying. At first, he built
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craft. On the 25th, on his tenth sortie for the day, Orlov and Vasili
Yanchenko wounded the aircrew with close-range fire and drove them and their aircraft down into captivity. The rest of the summer passed without results for Orlov.
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principally encapsulated from tactical advice received from
Guynemer and Heurteaux, and enumerated 16 main points. A key recommendation was the use of an induced spin to escape a losing situation, as he had done at Fresnoy.
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two-seater fighters arrived during April, as did Moska-Bystritsky MBbis serial number 2. Orlov made the new unit's first operational flight on 28 April.
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General Vogel and spurred Orlov's appointment to command. Orlov was detailed to the Third Air Company to found and command the 7th
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soon earned him both promotion and honors. After being decorated on 2 September, Orlov was promoted to
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for his fourth victory. He exited the dogfight by purposely spinning his aircraft to escape two enemy
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date of 24 September). On 13 November, he was then posted on exchange duty to the
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mentor and leader of less experienced pilots, as Orlov rose to command the 7th
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Orlov returned to take up his duties with the 7th AOI in the wake of the
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When World War I began, Orlov joined Russian military aviation as a
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Cross of St. George, Second Class: Awarded prior to 3 October 1914
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Cross of St. George, Third Class: Awarded prior to 3 October 1914
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Third Class with Crossed Swords and Bow: Awarded 30 August 1915
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Set afire; fell behind enemy lines trailing heavy black smoke
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F.22 biplanes. The detachment was shipped off to serve in the
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Forced landing, with pilot and observer wounded and captured
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Confirmed victories are numbered and listed chronologically.
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Ivan Aleksandrovich Orlov was born into Russian nobility in
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Fourth Class with Crossed Swords and Bow: 2 November 1915
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on 14 September. On 3 October, he was promoted again, to
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two-seater on 21 May. By June, the 7th AOI had moved to
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List of World War I flying aces from the Russian Empire
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Headquarters Order of the Day No. 474 appointed him a
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Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)
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813:Russian Aces of World War 1: Aircraft of the Aces
562:Wounded pilot and observer; plane crashed behind
983:Russian military personnel killed in World War I
715:, Fourth Class: Awarded prior to 3 October 1914
207:after scoring five confirmed aerial victories.
998:Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 4th class
406:, Orlov drove down an enemy aircraft north of
787:Norman Franks; Russell Guest; Gregory Alegi.
772:Allen Durkota; Thomas Darcy; Victor Kulikov.
256:on 9 August. On 20 August 1914, Orlov flew a
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390:. Here he trained with aces including
1008:Recipients of the Cross of St. George
398:. On 24 January 1917, while flying a
308:30 November, he suffered an inflight
102:First Army Aviation Detachment, IRAS;
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736:Fourth Class: Awarded 28 August 1915
727:, Fourth Class: Awarded 4 April 1915
384:to join the famous Stork Squadron,
698:Flieger-Abteilung (Artillerie) 242
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335:Aviatsionniy Ostryad Istrebitelei
183:Aviatsionniy Ostryad Istrebitelei
129:Cross of St. George Second Class,
730:Order of Saint Anne, Third Class
667:Scored while flying with French
420:Ways of Conducting an Air Combat
136:Order of Saint Anne Third Class,
127:Cross of St. George Third Class,
988:Russian World War I flying aces
100:5th Corps Air Detachment, IRAS;
937:Durkota et al 1995, pp. 90-94.
349:arriving two days later. Some
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606:Victim from Austro-Hungarian
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693:Hill 829, south of Yasen
174:Ivan Aleksandrovich Orlov
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740:Order of Saint Stanislas
457:List of aerial victories
144:Order of Saint Stanislas
20:Ivan Alexandrovich Orlov
978:Aerial warfare pioneers
746:Order of Saint Vladimir
149:Order of Saint Vladimir
828:Sources of information
752:Gold Sword for Bravery
610:; victory shared with
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154:Gold Sword for Bravery
112:Aéronautique Militaire
792:. Grub Street, 1997.
734:Order of Saint George
552:Moska-Bystritsky MBis
339:Imperial Russian Army
139:Order of Saint George
79:Years of service
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700:; air crew captured
529:15; pilot Rosenbaum
331:Grand Duke Alexander
250:Battle of Tannenberg
226:Petrograd University
725:Order of Saint Anne
713:Cross of St. George
696:Victim from German
453:outside Petrograd.
428:February Revolution
132:Order of Saint Anne
123:Cross of St. George
608:Fliegerkompanie 27
297:Northwestern Front
254:Alexander Samsonov
806:978-1-898697-56-5
707:Honors and awards
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681:serial no. N1679
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595:serial no. 33.30
574:Fliegerkompanie 9
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612:Vasili Yanchenko
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432:Nieuport 11
412:Halberstadt
355:Nieuport 10
319:Podporuchik
301:Praporschik
232:World War I
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54:4 July 1917
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782:0963711024
767:References
558:Lloyd C.II
512:Lloyd C.II
480:Date/time
414:fighters.
351:Nieuport 9
347:Lewis guns
310:concussion
282:staff duty
262:Stalupepen
211:Early life
178:flying ace
59:Allegiance
762:with palm
664:, France
602:Pidhaitsi
492:Location
483:Aircraft
461:See also
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278:Feldwebel
203:. He was
164:with palm
82:1914-1917
685:Albatros
651:Spad VII
521:Novgorod
436:Albatros
418:Bureau.
400:Spad VII
378:Murmansk
286:2nd Army
274:Efreitor
67:Service/
756:French
662:Fresnoy
537:Wittke
489:Result
408:Fresnoy
314:Galicia
270:Voisins
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