Captain Peter Nesterov was the first Russian pilot, as well as the first person in the world, to carry out an aerial ramming attack in combat.
During WWI, on August 26, 1914, an Austrian plane flew over a Russian airfield in Galicia planning to bomb it. Nesterov reacted immediately, took off in his lightweight monoplane and headed towards the enemy.
The Russian pilot was not on a suicide mission, but was planning to fly over the enemy aircraft and destroy it with his plane's landing gear. However, the blow struck the center of the Austrian plane, killing both Nesterov and the enemy.
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