The memoirs of Chief Marshal of Aviation A.E. Golovanov (1904-1975) come to the reader as the last of the memoirs of the commanders of the Great Patriotic War. Only now is the book by the commander of Long-Range Aviation being published in its true form and in full. All author's assessments and details are restored from the manuscript. The author's fate is exceptional: an unusually bright rise during the war years and an unusually long and deaf silence in subsequent times. The reason for the disgrace was primarily that the activities of the ADD were directly subordinated to I.V. Stalin, about whom A.E. Golovanov writes a lot in his book. The Chief Marshal talks fascinatingly and vividly about the selfless flights of bomber crews, about the formation of the offensive branch of aviation of the Soviet Air Force, about many dramatic episodes on the fronts and at Headquarters, of which he was a participant and witness. A. E. Golovanov’s book is undoubtedly included in the golden fund of the Russian military memoirs.