Ю. В. Гилшер | |
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Born | Moscow, Russian Empire | 27 November 1894
Died | 20 July 1917 near Tarnopol, Russian Empire (now Ternopil, Ukraine) | (aged 22)
Buried | Buchach, Ukraine |
Allegiance | Russian Empire |
Service/ | Imperial Russian Army Imperial Russian Air Force |
Years of service | c. 1914–1917 |
Rank | Cavalry Second Lieutenant |
Unit | 4th Army Air Detachment 7th Fighter Detachment |
Commands held | 7th Fighter Detachment |
Awards | Order of St. George Order of St. Vladimir Golden Sword for Bravery Order of St. Anne |
Cavalry Second Lieutenant Yury Vladimirovich Gilsher (Russian: Ю́рий Влади́мирович Ги́лшер) (27 November 1894 – 20 July 1917) was a Russian fighter ace of World War I. Initially a cavalryman, but then an airman, Gilsher overcame two serious injuries to become an ace. After suffering a fracture of both bones in his right forearm, he later lost a foot to amputation because of a crash. He returned to duty with a prosthetic foot. Gilsher rose to his unit's command and scored five victories between April and July 1917 before being killed in action on 20 July 1917.