The author of this book, Hero of the Soviet Union, Honored Military Pilot of the USSR Vasily Vasilyevich Reshetnikov, during the Great Patriotic War, made 307 combat sorties, bombed Konigsberg, was shot down twice - by anti-aircraft fire and enemy fighters (and the second time, having jumped from a burning plane with a parachute, landed on a minefield and miraculously remained alive), but...

A detailed, rich history of flight from ancient to modern times. The book also describes the development of aviation in Russia and includes discussion of powered and non-powered (ballon) flight.

Seriia voennye tainy XX veka. The battle for air supremacy during World War Two.

A study on the use of Soviet airpower during the massive battle of Kursk.

An air battle tactic first used in 1914 (by a Russian pilot), ramming the enemy's aircraft with your own was a last-ditch effort to stop a bombing raid. Russian pilots used this tactic over 1000 times during World War Two - often if their airplane was already damaged or out of ammunition. Unlike a kamikaze, these were not considered suicide missions, as the pilot might try to bail out after...

The book is well-known British researcher Peter Smith devoted to the history of a dive bomber aircraft since the advent of this class and completing their application in the sky Vietnam. The author gives a detailed description of the tactics of air combat dive bombers and tells about the most famous pilots of aces of World War II.