About the book : 1978 / The collection “Pilots” is dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Komsomol. The book includes essays about outstanding military pilots, students of the Lenin Komsomol, who fearlessly defended their native skies during the Great Patriotic War. Among them are twice Heroes of the Soviet Union V. Safonov, L. Beda, Hero of the Soviet Union A. Horovets, who shot down nine enemy aircraft in only one battle. The preface to the book was written by the famous Soviet pilot three times Hero of the Soviet Union I. Kozhedub.