Participation in World War I
Farrukh agha took part in the Caucasus Campaign of World Was I. On August 31, 1915, he was promoted to first lieutenant. On February 3, 1916, Gayibov was sent to the Western Front and attached to the squadron of airships. On May 21, he was assigned as artillery officer of ”Ilya Muromets № 16” airship, which had been built by I.I.Sikorsky in Saint Petersburg, a Russo-Balt factory.
On the eve of the war, Russia had the largest air fleet among the belligerents: 244 airplanes in 39 squadrons. By the beginning of the hostilities, there were 221 pilots, 170 officers, 35 lower rank officers and 16 volunteers in the Russian air fleet.
The logistics of the begging of the war proved to be inefficient with petrol, castor oil, spares, tents and other aviation supplies. Airplanes routinely wrecked in the dry field circumstances, especially with bad weather, when there was scarcity of tents and moveable hangars, usage of areas of little avail for airdromes. After the first months of the war, many squadrons had to be taken back to home to be supplied with new equipment and retrained.
Gayibov was in combat fights on board the ”Ilya Muromets № 16” airship, and raided enemy positions.
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