Suchergebnisse

Avtor knigi, odin iz lučšich "stalinskich sokolov", Geroj Sovetskogo Sojuza F.F. Archipenko, soveršil svoj pervyj boevoj vylet 22 ijunja 1941 goda na "Čajke" - biplane I-152. Pervogo "messera" sbil uže v avguste, letaja na tjaželom i nepovorotlivom "lagge". Vposledstvii voeval na "jakach" i "aerokobrach", došel do Berlina. Ego vospominanija, vošedšie v "zolotoj fond" memuarov o Velikoj Otečestvennoj vojne, illjustrirovany ne tol'ko fotografijami iz ličnogo archiva, no i obširnymi vyderžkami iz ego letnoj knižki, gde velsja podrobnyj učet vsech ego boevych vyletov, vozdušnych boev i sbitych samoletov protivnika.

The book is the first Russian academic publication in which the disclosure of aerial battles of the Korean war (1950-1953) is not based on traditional Western publications, but on newly found Soviet archival sources and testimonies of the participants of the events described. For many years the author carefully collected materials about the Soviet pilots who fought in the Korean sky, corresponded with the participants of the events. The author highlights the combat operations in the air, describes size and composition of the Soviet aviation groups and analyzes combat losses of the American aces and senior commanders of the U.S. Air Forces.