Марат Хайрулин

The particular charm of this book is the numerous period pictures of the earliest days of Russian aviation in general, never mind military aviation, plus the efforts the authors went to in unearthing the actual orders dealing with organizing and marking military & naval aviation units.

This is a very well-illustrated book, with hundreds of photographs and dozens of color profiles. Air operations are described in detail. The translation is a bit rough, but makes the book accessible to English speakers. All factions are covered, including the Don Cossacks, EXCEPT for Ukrainian, Georgian, Armenian, and Azeri units.

A photo album about 16th Corps Aviation Section (16-й корпусной авиационный отряд, 16-й КАО), 1914 - 1918.
Concise narrative and meaningful photo captions. Unit history, personnel, aeroplane inventory.
First book from a planned Great War Archive (Архив Великой войны) series.
High quality print. Excellent photo album. Highly recommended.