Victor Dibovsky

Victor Vladimirovich Dibovsky

Born| January 25, 1884
Smolensk, Russian Empire
Died| December 29, 1953(1953-12-29) (aged 64)
London
Allegiance|  Russian Empire
Service/branch|  Imperial Russian Navy, Imperial Russian Army
Years of service| 1901–1917
Rank| Commander
Unit| 20th Corps Air Detachment
Awards| Order of Saint George, Order of Saint Vladimir, Order of Saint Stanislas, British Order of St Michael and St George

Victor Dibovsky (Russian: Ви́ктор Влади́мирович Дыбо́вский tr. Viktor Vladimirovič Dybóvskij; January 25, 1884 – December 29, 1953), was a Russian aviation pioneer.

## Contents

* 1 Early life
* 2 Aviation career
* 3 World War I
* 4 Emigration and death
* 5 Honours and awards
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Early life

Victor Dibovsky was born in Smolensk into a gentry family. He started naval service in 1901, seeing action in the Russo-Japanese War, including the Battle of Tsushima. He served in Baltic Fleet and Black Sea Fleet of the Imperial Russian navy. He started studying aeronautics in 1909.

## Aviation career

Dibovsky was the first pilot to detect a submerged submarine in 1911.,[1] and first Russian to use radio on an aircraft. In 1912 he covered the distance between Sevastopol and St Petersburg in 25 flight hours, a record at the time. In 1913 he designed an airplane, “Dolphin”, remarkable for outstanding aerodynamic qualities.[2]

## World War I

During World War I, Victor Dibovsky fought in the 20 Corps aviation group, earning orders of St George (Russia's highest award for valour), St Stanislaus, St Vladimir and a number of medals. He was the inventor of the Scarff-Dibovski synchronization gear, used by the UK Royal Naval Air Service[3]

In 1916 he was promoted to commander and came to London as the head of Russian naval air mission.

## Emigration and death

The revolution prevented Victor Dibovsky from coming back to Russia. He lived in UK, France, USA and later in Britain again. He patented some new inventions [4][5] and his research received media coverage.[6][7] In 1953 he died of tuberculosis in London and was buried in a paupers’ grave at St Pancras and Islington Cemetery. In 2019, the place of his burial was marked with a memorial.

## Honours and awards

* Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class
* Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 3rd and 2nd class
* Order of St. George, 4th class
* Order of St Michael and St George

## References

1. ↑ "Первый лётчик-противолодочник ("Курьер ВПК") (in Russian)". https://vpk-news.ru/articles/7951. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
2. ↑ "Dibovsky's airplane technical data (in Russian)". http://www.airwar.ru/enc/law1/delfin.html. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
3. ↑ "National Archives entry for the patent". https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4622688. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
4. ↑ Patent Office, United States (1919). "Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, Volume 261, page 68". https://books.google.com/books?id=1egxvcpvv7cC&pg=PA68. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
5. ↑ "UK patent GB127840A for Improvements in or relating to Cartridge-belts". https://patents.google.com/patent/GB127840A/en. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
6. ↑ "Popular Flying magazine, July 1938, page 194". http://www.popularflying.com/Covers/76/. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
7. ↑ "The Western Argus, 13 March 1928". https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/34426898. Retrieved 2019-10-27.

## External links

* Photo from Imperial War Museum, with comments on Dibovsky's biography
* Victor Dibovsky at Find a Grave
* Entry on Russian military biographical dictionary

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