The next issue of the aviation collection presented to your attention continues to acquaint readers with aviation during the Second World War and is a kind of supplement to the second part of the monograph “Aircraft Engineering in the USSR (1941-45)”, published by the TsAGI publishing house. Previously, collections were published as part of the series , dedicated to aircraft from Germany, Japan, Italy, Great Britain, and the US aviation industry. A collection dedicated to carrier-based fighters during the Second World War is being prepared for publication. This collection was prepared on the basis of translations from foreign books and magazines by Vladimir Kotelnikov..