THE CREATION OF THE AIR FORCE DURING THE UKRAINIAN-POLISH WAR (1918–1919)

Abstract

The article analyses facilities and resources in post-war Galicia, which were a basis for creating military aviation of the Western Ukrainian People’s Republic and Poland. It identifies the main organisers, structure and administration of the ZUNR and Polish Air Force as well as their insignia and symbols. It investigates reliability of some of the dates associated with the first flights of the Polish Air Force and the reformation of the ZUNR Air Force.