ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139005
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 August 1914 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Morane-Saulnier Type G |
| Owner/operator: | Imperial Russian Air Service |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Schowkwa -
 Ukraine
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 25 August 1914, using a Morane-Saulnier Type G monoplane (s/n 281), Pyotr Nesterov rammed an Austrian reconnaissance plane Albatros B.II of Observer Baron Friedrich von Rosenthal and pilot Franz Malina from FLIK 11 after firing unsuccessfully at them with a pistol. Eager to destroy enemy aircraft, he probably intended to hit it with a landing gear of his Morane-Saulnier monoplane, but he hit it with his plane's propeller instead. As a result, both planes crashed. Nesterov, who had not strapped himself in, fell from his plane to his death. The Austrian pilot and Observer also died.
Nesterov became the first pilot to destroy an enemy airplane in flight in the history of military aviation.
It was the first air ram in the world.
Sources:
http://76.163.106.187/index.php?PHPSESSID=cbb6d8fbc80ec756bbfc2cce19eb6345&topic=248.0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Nesterov
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Oct-2011 11:09 | krasatpi | Added |
| 04-Sep-2023 09:15 | Anon. | Updated |
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