The best book about long-range bombers of the Great Patriotic War! The author of these memoirs, Hero of the Soviet Union, Honored Military Pilot of the USSR V.V. Reshetnikov not only commanded long-range aviation for more than ten years, but also stood at the origins of the legendary Long-Range Aviation, having completed 307 combat missions during the war years on the Il-4 (DB- 3f), bombed Koenigsberg and Berlin, was himself shot down twice, by anti-aircraft fire and enemy fighters, but always returned to duty. This book is a fascinating story about the fate of the generation of Winners, about the formation and development of the famous Soviet Long-Range Aviation.