Yevgraph Kruten

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Podpolkovnik Yevgraph Nikolaevich Kruten was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. Kruten was born into a family with a military tradition. In 1901, aged 11, he attended the Kiev Military Cadet Corps School. He was forwarded to mounted artillery in 1908. In 1911, he was commissioned. Two years later, he became an aerial observer. Not long after that, he trained as a pilot. At the outbreak of war, Kruten began flying reconnaissance and bombing missions. When he scored his first aerial victory on 6 March 1915, piloting a Voisin over Ravka, he was awarded the Order of Saint Anne Fourth Class. The following year, Kruten's 2nd Air Combat Group re-equipped with Nieuports, and a Nieuport 11 was what he used for his victories on 11 and 14 August 1916.

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