Farrukh Gayibov

Farrukh agha Mammad Karim agha oghlu Gayibov (Azerbaijani: فرخ آقا محمد کریم آقا اوغلی غائبوف, Fərrux ağa Məmmədkərim ağa oğlu Qayıbov; 2 October 1891 — 12 September 1916) was a Russian pilot of Azerbaijani ancestry, and participant in World War I.

Farrukh's father, Mammad Karim agha, was as cadet in the 4th Muslim (Azerbaijanis) Life Guards of the Caucasian squadron of the Emperors own convoy, in the 1870s.

On 30 August 1894 Mammad Kerim agha was awarded the Third Class Order of Saint Stanislaus for exceptional military service.

Farukh agha studied five years at the Russian-Azerbaijan school in his native village, and then he continued his education at Tbilisi Cadet Corps, following Ali-Agha Shikhlinski's advice.

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.

On 12 September 1916 a raid was conducted under the command of Colonel Brant's General Staff, with an air squadron of two airplanes including the "Ilya Muromets", and 13 instruments.

The aim of the raid was Baruny, 12 versts from the enemy front line, and the nearest district, where, according to reports, the staff of a German division was based, at the junction of a narrow-gauge railway, together with artillery and quartermaster's storehouses and airdrome.

Six days later, on 18 September 1916, The Petrogradskiye Izvestiya newspaper wrote: "General headquarters report that our airplanes invaded the enemy's rear in the Western front in Borun-Krevo district.

On 25 March, as a lieutenant of 39th artillery brigade who died in air battle with his enemy, Farrukh agha Gayibov was posthumously awarded the Fourth Class Order of St. George.