Full Description
Igor Aleksandrovich Kaberov was a World War II Soviet fighter pilot revered for bravery and valour of the highest order. This book contains his graphic account of war on the Eastern Front against the German invaders, based largely on personal diaries he kept while serving with a fighter squadron. Previously unpublished outside the Soviet Union, his story concerns the efforts of his squadron to repel German forces and is focused particularly on the desperate siege of Leningrad, one of the greatest feats of endurance in the history of warfare. There are vivid descriptions of dogfights with German fighters, the dreadful conditions that prevailed in Leningrad during the siege, and a rare insight into how a Soviet fighter squadron lived and fought.
Contents
The young flight; defending Klopitsy airfield; retreat to Nizino; LAGG 3 fighters for the squadron; retreat from Nizino; defending Kronstadt and the Baltic fleet; at the Volkhov front; the regiment honoured; hurricanes over Lake Ladoga; battles over Sinyavin; January 1943 - squadrons on the offensive; defending the "Victory Railroad"; the stone beside the gate. Appendices: the organization of the Soviet Air Force in World War II; guards units fighter equipment; aircraft included in the text of Igor Kaberov's memoirs.
