Victor Dibovsky

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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
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.

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[]

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