Ground Attack Pilots
7 hrs. 26 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Artyom Drabkin
Author
Artyom Drabkin
Narrator
Alexey Bereznev
Narrator
Alexey Bereznev
“Il-2 aircraft are needed by our Red Army as bread, as air”—these words by I.V. Stalin spoken in 1941 remained relevant until the very end of the war. The tasks assigned to the assault aviation regiments were so difficult that, according to Stalin’s order in 1941, the title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded for 10 combat sorties. They had to be flown yet, because the losses of the “Ils” were twice as high as those of fighters. Any assault mission took place under fierce enemy fire.
The new book of the Artyom Drabkin project “I Remember” (http://iremember.ru) is a simple, straightforward account by assault pilots—the pilots of formidable “flying tanks.”
The new book of the Artyom Drabkin project “I Remember” (http://iremember.ru) is a simple, straightforward account by assault pilots—the pilots of formidable “flying tanks.”
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