Ernst Krislanovich Leman

Name:

Country:

Russia

Rank:

Praporshik

Service:

Imperial Russian Air Service

Unit:

19^th Corps Fighter Detachment

Victories:

Born:

1894

Place of Birth:

Lithuania

Died:

December 1917

Place of Death:

Leman enlisted in the army on 14 November 1914. In 1916, he transferred to the air service and completed flight training on 29 June. In April 1917, he was promoted to Praporshik (Ensign) and scored his first victory in May while serving with the 19^th Corps Fighter Detachment. Severely wounded while scoring his fifth victory on 26 September 1917, Leman was hospitalized for months. He returned to duty on 22 November 1917 but was incapable of flying combat missions. Less than a month later, Leman died from a gunshot wound to the head. It's unclear whether he shot himself or was the victim of Bolshevik revolutionaries.

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	06 May 1917		19^th	Nieuport	Hansa-Brandenburg C.I ¹	Shebalin
2	10 May 1917		19^th	Nieuport	Fokker ²	Sarniki
3	27 Jun 1917		19^th	Nieuport	Two-seater ³	Tsmenitzi
4	17 Aug 1917		19^th	Nieuport	EA
5	26 Sep 1917		19^th	Nieuport	Two-seater ⁴	Near Gusiatina

1	Shared with Capt Alexander Kozakov, Capt Pavel Argeyev and 2Lt Zhabrov
2	Shared with Capt Alexander Kozakov and Capt Polyakov
3	Shared with Capt Alexander Kozakov
4	Shared with Ens Krisanov