This book hasn’t been reissued for 60 years. This original text of the memoirs by the greatest Soviet ace was effectively consigned to oblivion. But now the memories of the best of the “Stalin Falcons” are returning to readers in their original form!
Today, few remember that besides the famous “Fidelity to the Motherland,” I.N. Kozhedub was also the author of four other books. Moreover, the early editions of his memoirs, published while Stalin was still alive, differ significantly from the later texts, where not only all references to the Leader (a common practice after the “exposure of the cult of personality”) were removed, but entire chapters as well.
In this edition, the original text of the great pilot’s memoirs is printed in full, without censor distortions, additions, or omissions.