Special purpose pilots
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The operations of the air group, created in June 1941 from the best pilots of the civilian fleet, is the milestones of the first, the most difficult period of the Great Patriotic War. The defense of Moscow, the supply of blockade Leningrad, the transfer of airborne reinforcement and ammunition surrounded by Vyazma and Rzhev units of the Red Army, the last days of the defense of Sevastopol, the release of parachute intelligence groups, flights to partisan airfields. The names and exploits of many who distinguished themselves in them turned out to be erased from historical memory.
In 1943, the Soviet detachment was sent to the Scottish air base of Errol for distillation in the USSR of Albemarl aircraft transferred by the British government. For more than seven decades, this joint allied operation remained an unsolved page in World War II.
, according to previously unknown archival materials and memories, Anna Belorusova, granddaughter of the commander of the ship, guard of Captain P.I. Kolesnikov (1906–1948) As a result of her research, memorials appeared in Russia and Great Britain, which will store the memory of “special -purpose pilots”
In 1943, the Soviet detachment was sent to the Scottish air base of Errol for distillation in the USSR of Albemarl aircraft transferred by the British government. For more than seven decades, this joint allied operation remained an unsolved page in World War II.
, according to previously unknown archival materials and memories, Anna Belorusova, granddaughter of the commander of the ship, guard of Captain P.I. Kolesnikov (1906–1948) As a result of her research, memorials appeared in Russia and Great Britain, which will store the memory of “special -purpose pilots”
Author:
Author:Белорусова А.Ю.
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:12+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-17-153746-3
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