Познать себя в бою. "Сталинские соколы" Против ассов Люфтваффе. 1941-1945

Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin is the loudest name among the fighter pilots of the Red Army Air Force. Officially, he was credited with 59 downed aircraft. In addition, Pokryshkin is an outstanding analyst, the creator of new tactics and the training system for Soviet fighter pilots, and the commander of the Guards Air Division. His example is unparalleled in the history of World War II. Since the spring of 1943, German radio interception and warning stations have invariably warned: "Akhtung! Akhtung! Pokryshkin is in the air!" And the aces of the Luftwaffe immediately left the battlefield.
On August 19, 1944, Pokryshkin became the first and only three times Hero of the Soviet Union during the war years. In the award list, he is given the following description: "The brave of the brave, the leader, the best Soviet ace."
The memoirs of Air Marshal AI Pokryshkin, three times Hero of the Soviet Union, are among the brightest in Russian military memoirs. They are distinguished by the directness and sincerity characteristic of Pokryshkin. Vivid descriptions of air battles alternate with deep thoughts about the psychology of a person in war, about ignorance and professionalism, about the most difficult and most necessary thing in military affairs: self-knowledge.

In this edition, the manuscript is published for the first time without censorship removals and edits.