WW2 Russian pilot memoirs (1 Viewer)

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At least a few are. and there are books based on interviews of some fighter pilots, one focusing on year 1941. Check Amazon. One I have, written by the Soviet style, is IIRC Swastika in my sight.

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There are two that I am aware of, but have not read them:

Swastika in the Gunsight: Memoirs of a Russian Fighter Pilot 1941-45 by Kaberov
Red Sky, Black Death: A Soviet Woman Pilot's Memoir of the Eastern Front by Anna Timofeyeva-Yegorova

The first one has really not gotten very good reviews, but the 2nd has and is on my wish list.
 
Thanks, I've heard about the second book you listed. I was hoping for Pokryshkin (sp?) but all I can find are Russian language for him.
 
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There is a site with a lot of Soviet oral histories from the Great Patriotic War. Some have been translated into English.
Look at ЛеÑ'чики-исÑ'ребиÑ'ели - Я Помню. Ð"ерои Ð'еликой ОÑ'ечесÑ'венной войны. УчасÑ'ники Ð'ОÐ'. Книга памяÑ'и. and use Google translate. Here are 2 in English:
http://www.iremember.ru/content/view/157/80/lang,en/
http://www.iremember.ru/content/view/133/80/lang,en/

Here's one quick interview, from another site:
Aviation History: Interview with World War II Soviet Ace Ivan Kozhedub

If you find others, why not post them here?
I have this one, btw. I have not looked at it in a while - somewhat boring, actually. Swastika in the Gunsight: Memoirs of a Russian Fighter Pilot 1941-45 by Kaberov
 
Did get "Attack of the Airacobras" and "Red Sky, Black Death" for Christmas. Have to finish a book before I start one of them.

I did read the Kozhedub interview. Interesting reading....especially as I prefer Pokryshkin to Kozhedub for some reason.
 

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