Praporshik Grigoriy Suk (also known as Grigory Suk in English) was a flying ace

Flying ace

A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an "ace" has varied, but is usually considered to be five or more...

 during World War I. He was credited with nine aerial victories while in military service to the Russian Empire.

Early life

Born in Moscow

Moscow

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's vicinity on , Grigoriy Suk was of Czech and Russian heritage. His noble family was cultured; his uncle, Vyacheslav Suk

Vyacheslav Suk

Václav Suk, or Váša Suk, or Vyacheslav Suk was a Czech-born Russian violinist, conductor and composer.- Biography :From 1873 to 1879 Váša Suk, who is said to have been related to Joseph Suk, studied...

, conducted the orchestra at the Bolshoi Theatre

Bolshoi Theatre

The Bolshoi Theatre is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, designed by architect Joseph Bové, which holds performances of ballet and opera. The Bolshoi Ballet and Bolshoi Opera are amongst the oldest and most renowned ballet and opera companies in the world...

 in Moscow.

World War I

Grigoriy Suk volunteered for aviation duty in World War I in 1915. Suk was trained as a pilot and posted to the 26th Corps Detachment of the Imperial Russian Air Force in March 1916. He flew combat for a while in Henri Farmans before being promoted to warrant officer

Warrant Officer

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, upgrading his training, and becoming a fighter pilot. In August 1916, he was assigned to 9th Fighter Detachment.

Between 26 March and 10 November 1917, Suk was credited with nine confirmed victories. On , he was killed in a landing accident as he returned from a flight.

List of aerial victories

Confirmed victories are numbered; unconfirmed victories are denoted "u/c".

See also Aerial victory standards of World War I

Aerial victory standards of World War I

During World War I, the national air services involved developed their own methods of assessing and assigning credit for aerial victories.The victory scores of the pilots represented at List of World War I flying aces often cannot be definitive, but are based on itemized lists that are the best...

No.	Date/time	Aircraft	Foe	Result	Location	Notes
1	26 March 1917	Nieuport 11 Nieuport 11 |-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Angelucci, Enzio, ed. The Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft. New York: The Military Press, 1983. ISBN 0-517-41021-4....	Hansa-Brandenburg C.I Hansa-Brandenburg C.I -See also:-References:# Munson, Kenneth - Bombers, Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft 1914 - 1919 ISBN 0 7537 0918 X# # # -External links:* ....		Nedzy-Vozargal
2	17 April 1917	Nieuport 11	Reconnaissance two-seater		Vicinity of Rakosa	Victory shared with Vladimir Strizhesky Vladimir Strizhesky Praporshik Vladimir Ivanovich Strizhesky was a World War I flying ace credited with seven confirmed and three unconfirmed aerial victories.-Reference:...
3	8 August 1917	Nieuport 11	Oefflag C.II		Vicinity of Okno
4	4 September 1917	Vickers F.B.19 Vickers F.B.19 - References :*Anrews, C.F. and E.B. Morgan. Vickers Aircraft since 1908. London:Putnam, 1988. ISBN 085177 815 1.*Bruce, J.M. War Planes Of The First World War: Volume Three Fighters. London: Macdonald, 1969. ISBN 0 356 01490 8....	Reconnaissance two-seater		Vermeshty	Victory shared with Ivan Loiko Ivan Loiko Podporuchik Ivan Alexandrovich Loiko was a World War I flying ace credited with six confirmed aerial victories, as well as three unconfirmed ones....
u/c	8 September 1917	Vickers F.B.19	Reconnaissance two-seater		Seret Seret Seret may refer to:* Seret River* Seret River * Seret...	Claim shared with Ivan Loiko and another pilot
5	12 September 1917 @ 1800 hours	Vickers F.B.19	Reconnaissance two-seater		Vicinity of Radautz
6	14 October 1917	Spad VII	Reconnaissance two-seater		Southeast of Radautz
7	4 November 1917	Spad VII	Fighter		Goura-Seltche
8	8 November 1917	Spad VII	Enemy aircraft		North of Radautz
9	10 November 1917	Spad VII	Hansa-Brandenburg C.I		Vicinity of Radautz

Reference

• Franks, Norman
  Norman Franks
  Norman Leslie Robert Franks is an English writer who specialises in aviation books on the pilots and squadrons of World Wars I and II.-Biography:...
  
  ; Guest, Russell; Alegi, Gregory. Above the War Fronts: The British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914-1918: Volume 4 of Fighting Airmen of WWI Series: Volume 4 of Air aces of WWI. Grub Street, 1997. ISBN 1898697566, 9781898697565.