Air Battle for Moscow. 1941–1944

This book, written on the basis of Russian and German archival documents, is a complete chronicle of air battles in the sky of Moscow and the Moscow Region from the first day of the war to the fall of 1944, when the last spans of German aircraft over the capital were recorded. For the first time, an exact chronology of raids on the capital was given, the role of air defense fighters was shown during the reflection of the German attack on the city, the counterattack of the Soviet troops and several battles for the Rzhevsky bridgehead. All established losses of the Luftwaffe in this area are summarized, it is described in detail about the actions of German bomber aviation, distant and night scouts, night fighters and even “bothering” squadrons who fought on outdated biplanes - analogues of our U2.
The authors answer a number of controversial questions: were the raids on Moscow in 1941 were an unprecedented air battle? Is it true that the German bomber aircraft was “broken” over the Soviet capital, that our best pilots who reliably guarded the Moscow sky fought on the fighters of the 6th fighter aviation air defense system, and the city’s air defense was the most powerful in the world? For the first time, readers will also find out who was the best Soviet ASC of the Moscow Air Defense and what a fighter from a large “collection” of aircraft who fought in the sky near Moscow turned out to be the best interceptor at the number of confirmed victories