Alexander
Seversky was born in Tiflis, Russia,
in 1894. A member of the Russian Army Air Service
during the First World War he flew more than
fifty combat missions before losing a leg.
Seversky was working for the Russian embassy in Washington
when the Russian Revolution took place. He
decided not to return to Russia and in 1922 he founded the Seversky
Aero Corporation. As well as producing aircraft he designed bombsights
and landing gear for seaplanes and flying boats.
During the Second World War De Seversky wrote
Victory Through Air Power (1942)
where he argued that the Allies could win the war primarily through
air superiority. Alexander Seversky died in 1974.
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