Military physician of the Russian Army Konstantin Finne: the down of the medical service of Long-range aviation of Russia.

On 10/23 December 1914 four-engine airplanes <<Ilya Muromets>> (Sikorsky aircraft) have been grouped into the <<Squadron air ships>>, which became the world's first heavy bomber compound. This day is not only the date of the appearance of long-range aviation in Russia, but also of its medical service. The first physician in the state of the squadron was Konstantin Finne. He had been the chef of the medical service of the air unit until 1918, when as a result of political turmoil it has ceased to exist. He is the author of the first thorough book on the 4lya Muromets>> and the history of the squadron aircraft airships -. <Russian air warriors Sikorsky>> (1930). In 1903, he graduated from the Military Medical Academy and was left with her to improve. In 1907 he defended his thesis for the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Then he served as a military physician in the military hospital in Riga. The member of the White movement. He immigrated to Yugoslavia, after the World War II to Austria. Since 1949 he lived in the United States (New York), where he died.