Vyacheslav Tkachov Explained

Vyacheslav Tkachov
Birth Date:1885
Birth Place:Kuban Oblast, Russian Empire
Death Date:1965
Death Place:Krasnodar, USSR

Vyacheslav Matveyevich Tkachov was a Russian general and writer.

In 1913 Tkachov became military pilot of Imperial Russian Air Service.

In 1914, the Russian pilot Lt. Vyacheslav Tkachov became the very first Russian pilot who shot down enemy aircraft with handgun. He attacked German "Albatros" and shot the enemy pilot[1]

Later, Tkachov took part in Russian Civil War.

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  1. Игорь Софронов. Личность: Русский сокол // журнал "Братишка", август 2012