Until October 1916, Victor Korvin was known by the surname Kerber, and after 1942, as Korvin. In May 1910, the first aviation week took place in St. Petersburg, where a 16-year-old gymnasium student, Victor Korvin, happened to be. This event awakened in him a passion for the sky and a desire to become a pilot. At that time, he could not have imagined that this aspiration would lead him through the fronts of World War I and the Civil War, the OGPU 'sharagas', the siege of Leningrad, and ultimately he would become one of the first Soviet helicopter designers.

However, Victor Lvovich could not immediately realize his dream of the sky, as World War I began. Korvin found himself on the Southwestern Front, participated in the Brusilov Offensive, was concussed, and for participating in four Kovel operations, he received the Order of St. Anna with the inscription 'For Bravery'. In 1916, he learned about the creation of naval aviation in Russia and submitted an application for admission to the Baku school. During the defense of the city from the Turks, he repeatedly flew on bombing missions. By September 1918, the enemy had approached too closely, and a decision was made to evacuate the flight personnel. Victor Lvovich reached the nearest base in Krasnovodsk alone, as none of his squadron could break out of the encirclement.

In Krasnovodsk, Korvin was nearly shot along with 26 Baku commissars, but he was saved by someone remembering his graduation from the naval aviation school. After the defeat of the Whites, he lived illegally for some time until he was recommended to a design bureau. Together with Polikarpov, he worked on the creation of amphibious aircraft, reconnaissance planes, and fighters. Life began to improve, but in 1928, Korvin was arrested under Article 58 for sabotage and harm. A few months later, the engineers were transferred to aircraft factory No. 39 named after Menzhinsky, which had been converted into a prison, where the first aviation 'sharaga' was created. There, they developed the I-5 fighter, which later entered service with the Red Army and was used until the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Subsequently, Korvin worked on the Yak-24 helicopter, which throughout its operational time did not suffer a single accident with human casualties.