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Swastika in the Gunsight
Memoirs of a Russian Fighter Pilot 1941-45
by Igor Kaberov
ISBN: 0750922400
ISBN-13: 9780750922401
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd
Published date: 1999
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.15 pounds
Publisher's Notes
Bravery and valor of the highest order characterized Soviet fighter pilot Igor Alexandrovich Kaberov, who became a wartime legend in his native Russia. Previously unpublished outside Russia, this is his vivid account of war on the Eastern Front against the German invaders, based largely on the personal diaries that he kept while serving with a fighter squadron, There are descriptions of dogfights with German fighters, the dreadful conditions that prevailed in Leningrad during the siege, and an insight into how a fighter squadron lived and fought.
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Swastika in the Gunsight, Memoirs of a Russian Fighter Pilot 1941-43
Kaberov, Igor
Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 1999. First English edition, previously unpublished outside the Soviet Union, Based on personal war diaries of Igor Aleksandrovich Kaberov who was a World War II Soviet fighter pilot. serving with the Baltic Fleet Air Force, completed 476 sorties and shot down 28 enemy aircraft defending Russia's northern coast, taking part in operations to liberate Tikhvin and breaking the siege of Leningrad.Translated and abridged from the original Russian by Peter Rule. illustarted with photographs. 216 pages, 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Fine book in a fine dustwrapper. F/F. ISBN: 0 7509 2240 0. First Edition. World War Two ; Eastern Front ; Air War. ( more information) Offered by Jacques Gander (United Kingdom)
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