VOJENSKÝ PILOT C. A K. LETECTVA ALEXANDER GALBAVÝ A JEHO NASADENIE NA RUSKOM FRONTE

In this study, the author tries to introduce the activities of Alexander Galbavý, a native of present-day Slovakia, who served as a member of the Austro-Hungarian Air Force on the north-eastern battlefield from August 1915 to May 1916. During his last operational flight, he did not return to the base of his Flik 20 unit near the Volyn town of Luck, ending up in Russian captivity. In this relatively short time he made 37 operational flights, 29 of them over the enemy territory, which the author presents in this paper. Due to their varied purpose and course under often difficult weather conditions, they give a fairly concise picture of the tasks and obstacles an Austro-Hungarian aviator had to perform and overcome on the so-called Russian battlefield during the World War I.