Krasvoenlet N.I.Vasilchenko from his "Esifayfa" N C6377, which previously was listed as part of the 2nd Squadron of the Volunteer Army
British fighter RAF SE-5 ("Esifayf") from the 1st OIE. All in Soviet Russia there were eight of these vehicles seized as booty from the interventionists and White Guards.
Source: http://aviadejavu.ru/Site/Arts/Art3892.htm
In 1919, several instances SE.5a came to Russia as part of the British military supplies Whites General Denikin. At least one of them went on to become the trophy of the Red Army. 20 more pieces of the British handed over to the Poles, who used them in the Polish-Soviet War of 1920
http://flyingmachines.ru/Site2/Crafts/Craft25441.htm
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