Lieutenant Mikhail Ivanovich Safonov was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. He began his naval service on 20 September 1909, when he entered Saint Peterburg's Imperial Russian Naval Academy. When Safonov applied for aviation training in September 1915, he was a professional sailor with six years naval training and seagoing service.
- Occupation
- aircraft pilot
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Born
- October 31, 1893
- Died
- 1924
