Покрышкинский авиаполк. «Нелакированные» боевые хроники. 16-й гвардейский истребительный авиационный полк в боях с люфтваффе. 1943-1945

This unique book is based on documentary materials. It examines in chronological order the events taking place day after day in the legendary 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, which is known to many Russians as the Pokryshkin Regiment. But, besides A.I. Pokryshkin, the regiment was at different times commanded by seven more combat commanders, under whose leadership many pilots—air workers of the war—fought. Each of them, their contribution to the combat results of the air regiment, is described on the basis of combat reports, orders and instructions and personal files. The participation of the flight personnel of this aviation unit in the main combat operations of 1943-1945 is shown in detail. Photos, combat orders, materials from debriefings of combat sorties, combat characteristics, etc., which have not been published anywhere, are presented....

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