About the book: year / Publisher's abstract: "Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Air Marshal A. N. Efimov began his front-line journey in August 1942. Defending his homeland, he fought with the enemy until the victorious end of the war, crushed the fascist hordes near Rzhev and Orel, Bryansk and Smolensk, in Belarus, Poland and Germany, made 222 combat missions, destroyed a lot of enemy manpower and equipment. The harsh everyday life at the front and the exploits of his comrades are described in the memoirs of the former squadron commander of the 198th assault regiment of the 4th Air Army. Nowadays, Air Marshal Alexander Nikolaevich Efimov is the first deputy commander-in-chief of the USSR Air Force. His memoirs are intended for the mass reader.” Biographical information: EFIMOV Alexander Nikolaevich, born on February 6, 1923 in the village of Kantemirovka, now an urban-type settlement of the Voronezh region in the family of a railway worker. Russian. Member of the CPSU since 1943. Graduated from school No. 2 in the city of Millerovo, Rostov region in 1940. In the Soviet Army from 1941. Graduated from the Voroshilovgrad military aviation school of pilots in 1942. On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War from August 1942. Squadron commander of the 198th attack aviation regiment (233rd Assault Aviation Division, 4th Air Army, 2nd Belorussian Front) Senior Lieutenant Efimov by July 1944 made 100 combat missions to reconnaissance and attack enemy troops, airfields, crossings and railway trains. On 10/26/44 he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. By the end of the war, the navigator of the 62nd assault aviation regiment, Captain Efimov, flew another 122 combat missions. In total, he personally and as part of the group destroyed 85 enemy aircraft at airfields and 7 in air battles, a lot of enemy manpower and equipment. 18.8.45 awarded the second Gold Star medal. In 1951 he graduated from the Air Force Academy, in 1957 from the Military Academy of the General Staff, and served in command positions in the Air Force. Since 1969, First Deputy Commander-in-Chief, since 1984, Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force - Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR. Honored military pilot. Air Marshal (1975). Candidate of Military Sciences. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR 2, 9-11th convocations. Member of the CPSU Central Committee since 1986. Awarded 3 Orders of Lenin, 5 Orders of the Red Banner, Order of Alexander Nevsky, 2 Orders of the Patriotic War 1st degree, Order of the Red Star, “For Service to the Motherland in the USSR Armed Forces” 3rd degree, medals, foreign orders. USSR State Prize. A bronze bust was installed in Millerovo. (Heroes of the Soviet Union. Brief biographical dictionary. Moscow. Military Publishing House. 1987. Volume 1. pp. 490-491) \\\ Andriyanov P.M..