<p>Imperial Russian Navy
</p><p>Victor Dibovsky, an officer of the Russian Imperial Navy, was one of the early pioneers of aviation, learning to fly in 1908. 
</p><p>During the First World War, he was deployed on a mission to England where he played an important role in the development of British armed fighter aircraft.
</p><p>In 1916, Dibovsky worked with Warrant Officer F W Scarff (inventor of the Scarff gun mounting) to develop interrupter mechanisms allowing pilots to fire a machine gun straight ahead through a revolving propellor. 
</p><p>The Royal Naval Air Service fitted several of the gears (patented as the Scarff-Dibovsky Interrupter Gear) to their Sopwith aircraft. In May 1917, Dibovsky invented an improved machine-gun cartridge belt. After the war, Dibovsky continued to work in aeromechanics in England.
</p><p><b>Faces of the First World War</b>
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<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/imperialwarmuseum/7194897612/">Commander Victor Vladimirovich Dibovsky CMG</a>
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