de PETROWSKI

de Petrowski, 1910. Collection of Jean-Pierre Lauwers

 

de Petrowski with his Sommer plane Mondorf les Bains, 1910. Collection of Jean-Pierre Lauwers

 

de Petrowski with his Sommer plane Mondorf les Bains, 1910. Collection of Jean-Pierre Lauwers

 

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES from Jean-Pierre Lauwers      Here is a postcard showing the Sommer plane with its pilot "de Petrowski"...      He was a Russian living in Brussels from May 31, 1910. He had Aé.C.B. license n° 11 .      Entered WWI as a "volunteer" into Belgian Army Aviation and on July, 1918 he was decommissioned from military duty at his own request.      I saw a postcard for sale on e-Bay September, (2002), mentioning his plane at Reims Aviation Week, 1910.      This postcard, from my own collection, depicts him at an aviation meet at Mondorf-les-Bains in 1910. It shows his Sommer plane in some detail and shows him, in the white jacket, helping to move the plane to the hangar. Remark : the plane into the air is very probably a fake upprint!

 

The dates of his birth and death are unknown to me.   Editor's Note: If you have any information on this pioneer aviator please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper

 

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