mhifle Posted 25 April , 2021 Share Posted 25 April , 2021 Hi, I was wondering if anyone would know what 'Russian A.M.' means in this service record for Lieutenant Thomas Edward Pennington Regards Mark AIR 79/102/7827 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 25 April , 2021 Share Posted 25 April , 2021 Air Ministry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhifle Posted 25 April , 2021 Author Share Posted 25 April , 2021 I was thinking Air Ministry, but did Russia have an Air Ministry? Or was there a Department dealing with Russia at the Air Ministry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_history_buff Posted 25 April , 2021 Share Posted 25 April , 2021 There is a Russian pilot commemorated by the CWGC at Southall Cemetery. Andrei Matianovich Novikov died on 25 September 1917. I have been curious as to the circumstances of this man being present in the UK, and wondered if there was some sort of Flying School. Your man's presence with the 'Russian A.M.' from 19 October 1916 to 22 December 1916 is a short period of time. Could there have been an "Aviation Mission", alongside the British Military Mission, or was the R.F.C. too junior to warrant such a presence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeignGong Posted 25 April , 2021 Share Posted 25 April , 2021 His OBE Page 3297 | Supplement 35184, 6 June 1941 | London Gazette | The Gazette Also under File: FO 372/1160 Treaty: Roumania, Russia 1918 Lt TE Pennington, St Anne 3rd Cl, Awarded 16.11.1917 Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhifle Posted 25 April , 2021 Author Share Posted 25 April , 2021 Thanks. I think the OBE is for another Thomas Edward Pennington. The other award would be his. He served as an Intelligence Officer with the RAFVR during WW2 Regards Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travers61 Posted 26 April , 2021 Share Posted 26 April , 2021 (edited) For purposes of elimination, the OBE from 1941 is for this chap, who was not commissioned until 1917. https://furnessstoriesbehindthestones.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/16-Thomas-Megson-Pennington-UPDATED-Dec-2019.pdf Edited 26 April , 2021 by travers61 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 27 April , 2021 Share Posted 27 April , 2021 There was a brief old thread on Russian pilots with a couple of useful links here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 27 April , 2021 Share Posted 27 April , 2021 On 25/04/2021 at 23:57, Keith_history_buff said: Could there have been an "Aviation Mission", alongside the British Military Mission, That looks a useful guess ? or could it be Air Mission. For example there was a Russian Naval Air Mission to London in 1916, headed by Victor Dibovsky Interesting to see that his RAF Service record notes permanent address as Petrograd. Doubtless you already have this, courtesy RAFMuseum CasualtyForms: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhifle Posted 27 April , 2021 Author Share Posted 27 April , 2021 Thanks for the information. Yes I had noted the address. He was also born in Russia. Later in the war he is attached to MI5 and served in Southern Russia in 1919 Regards Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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