I Fought on the Il-2

10 hrs. 46 min.

Language Russian

Author Artyom Drabkin

Narrator Oleg Lobanov

Description

Artyom Drabkin’s book “I Fought on an Il-2” has sold in huge print runs. The whole truth about one of the most dangerous military professions. It’s no secret that during the Great Patriotic War the heaviest losses were among assault aviation—whereas, according to statistics, a fighter would enter an air battle only on one sortie out of four (or even less), for assault pilots every mission led to direct gunfire contact with the enemy. In this book, the combat work is described in minute detail: what they had to see and experience, what it’s like to deliver bombing attacks under hurricane-like anti-aircraft fire and repel attacks by enemy fighters, what the Germans called “the ills” “black death,” and what price was paid for the Great Victory.