Ground Attack Pilot: A Minute to Target
9 hrs. 5 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Alexey Tsaplin
Author
Alexey Tsaplin
Narrator
Roman Popov
Narrator
Roman Popov
The assault squadron link of Il-2 fighters moves to the attack line...
“A minute to the target!” the leader’s command rings out. That means you have to cast aside all fears, doubts, and jitters and focus on the target—ignoring the dense anti-aircraft fire and the “Messerschmitts” that have gotten in behind...
Everyday life of an assault air regiment on the Western Front near Rzhev in spring 1942, through the eyes of our contemporary who was thrown into the bloody whirl of the Great Patriotic War and became a junior lieutenant in the Red Army Air Force. There isn’t much heroism in it—just “ordinary” combat “work.” An enemy raid on the airfield, countering saboteurs, daily flights...
And in the evenings, hanging out at the mess hall, issuing a combat newspaper, Komsomol meetings. Between all of it—only a green rocket shooting into the clouds: “Assault fighters—take off!”
“A minute to the target!” the leader’s command rings out. That means you have to cast aside all fears, doubts, and jitters and focus on the target—ignoring the dense anti-aircraft fire and the “Messerschmitts” that have gotten in behind...
Everyday life of an assault air regiment on the Western Front near Rzhev in spring 1942, through the eyes of our contemporary who was thrown into the bloody whirl of the Great Patriotic War and became a junior lieutenant in the Red Army Air Force. There isn’t much heroism in it—just “ordinary” combat “work.” An enemy raid on the airfield, countering saboteurs, daily flights...
And in the evenings, hanging out at the mess hall, issuing a combat newspaper, Komsomol meetings. Between all of it—only a green rocket shooting into the clouds: “Assault fighters—take off!”
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