So, I have some news from the Archives. First, it was found a document that showed the loss of aircraft with number 5605. This aircraft was...
Perhaps, in addition to these maneuvers, the interest in this theme came from the Suvorov`s "Icebreaker". He wrote: "The airborne forces intended...
As the main theme of this branch, then, until there are no news from the Archives, I would like to tell one more story that I have known while I...
In the mid-30s in the Soviet Union was a series of flights at a distance. Stalin wanted to show the world the advantage of the social structure of...
About TB-3 - perhaps it is not "Naval terminology." These normative were approved in 1936. At that time in the USSR was interest to everything...
Thank you very much for the correction, PFlint)) The fact that the document included the normative for categories and the quantity of aircraft by...
I want to write about a one more document that I saw in the Archive. I thought it would be interesting not only for me. I even copied it into my...
Recently I was looking through lists of losses in long-range bomber aircraft of the Red Army Air Force (the fact that I continue to look for...
I think I should clarify that GULAG - is an abbreviation. It means the State Headquarter of Camps. It managed all the organizations in which...
As I understand, in aviation it was adopted the system of recognition: "friend or stranger." However, I have seen cases when Air Force planes were...
So, my search of way of the aircraft with number 5605 did not bring any result. Unfortunately, in the near future, I will have not free time to...
[ATTACH] It is interesting, that I could understand this problem before. The fact that there is an important and well-known document I read...
Hello all. I remind you that I know the number of aircraft (and engines), which lies 200 kilometers from Moscow, in a swampy area. But I do not...
Yes, I agreed. In that time peparing for war in USSR was outside the peace-time.
May be the activities of Hitler's generals had been suppressed by the authority of the Fuhrer? Just as the Red Army generals were working under...
I think we can list many reasons: poor intelligence, Hitler's overconfidence and his ignorance. Perhaps Hitler was influenced by rapid fall of...
I apologize for the silence in this thread. I'm going to continue searching in the Archives next week. And more. Earlier I wrote that after...
Thank you, Skipper! The main thing to remember that Vodka is sometimes useful, but in small quantities:D. And if it a lot - so it often hurts...
Hello, Deerbandit)). I thought it is very interesting question for me. On the one hand, I saw these German military cemeteries at the war-photo...
It was also surprising and unexpected for me. I mean - that the among pilots were so many violations. I even asked my father about this. His...
