the Royal Air Force and was appointed to be commanding officer in charge of an aviation squadron of the Slavo-British Allied Legion made up of Sopwith Camel planes. After the British withdrawal from Russia which left the Russian White Army in a desperate situation, Kazakov died in a plane crash during an air show on 1 August 1919 which was performed to boost the morale of the Russian anti-Bolshevik troops. Most witnesses of the incident, including British ace Ira Jones, thought Kazakov committed suicide. Honours and awards Order of St. George, 4th class (31 July 1917, Russian Empire) Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class (7 September 1916, Russian Empire) Order of St. Anne, 2nd, 3rd and 4th classes (respectively, 27 April 1917, 4 February 1915, 27 January 1916; Russian Empire) Order of St. Stanislaus, 2nd and 3rd classes (4 July 1916, 18 August 1913, Russian Empire) Gold Sword for Bravery (28 July 1915) Distinguished Service Order (UK, 1918) Military Cross (UK, 1919) Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom, 20 March 1919) Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (France) Croix de guerre (France) Citations References Franks, Norman (2000). Nieuport Aces of World War I. Norman Franks. Osprey Publishing. , . Kulikov, Victor (2013) Russian Aces of World War 1. Osprey Publishing External links The Aerodrome Aleksandr Kozakov - in English Military History of Russia - Kazakov Aleksandr - in Russian. Personal file, victory list, color schemes - in Russian. Russian WWI aces - in English and Russian 1889 births 1919 deaths People from Kherson Governorate Russian untitled nobility Russian aviators Aerial warfare pioneers Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents Russian military personnel of World War I Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Recipients of the Gold Sword for Bravery Recipients of the Military Cross Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) Imperial Russian Air Force personnel Royal Air Force officers Russian World War I flying aces Russian people of Ukrainian descent Pilots who performed an aerial ramming Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1919 Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the Soviet Union