alexander mamkin, an experienced pilot at 27 years old, also made eight flights.ick up children. here are some miraculously preserved newsreels. among the partisans by cameraman maria sukhova. she died soon after. mamkin puts the children on the plane. seven kids were seated in a cabin for two. three more - teacher into a container under the fusilage. in containers under the wings of two seriously wounded partisans. there are 13 people in total. in front of the front line, already on the night of the eleventh, the plane was shot down. the cockpit caught fire, the pilot was wounded in the head, but he held the helm. his legs and arms caught fire, his glasses melted into his face, and he burned out. the cabin partition began to smolder the children's clothes. mamkin held the helm, was able to fly to his own, landed the car, everyone remained alive except him. mom’s hands were burning. everything, everything was burning, he himself died, but we were all left alive, but we will never forget the iceman, mamkin, in our life, he died already in the hospital, during the o

alexander mamkin, an experienced pilot at 27 years old, also made eight flights.pick up children. here are some miraculously preserved newsreels taken from the partisans by cameraman maria sukhova. she died soon after. mamkin is planting. plane, seated in a cabin for two seven kids, three more a teacher in a container under the fuselage, in containers under the wings of two seriously wounded partisans, a total of 13 people, in front of the front line already on the night of the eleventh plane was shot down, the cockpit caught fire, the pilot was wounded in the head, but he held the helm, he caught fire legs, arms, glasses melted into the forest, the cabin partition burned down, the children's clothes began to smolder, momkin held the helm, was able... to fly to his own, landed the car, everyone remained alive except him, momkin's hands were burning, his face was burning, everything was burning , he himself died, and we were all left alive, but we will never forget the pilot, mamkin, in our life, he died in the hospital, during the operation the star, guard lieuten

during the operation, star guard lieutenant alexander mamkin saved 90 children, and took them out in wounded. to him monuments, obelisks were erected, streets, an airplane, and even a variety of black currant were named in his honor. on april 10, 1981 , the memorial museum of cosmonautics, one of the largest scientific and historical museums in the world, opened its doors for the first time in moscow. it is located in the basement of the 17-millimeter monument to the space conqueror navod. and forms one whole with it. this impressive titanium obelisk in the style of soviet modernism was installed during the lifetime of yuri gagarin. the museum is unique. about 100 thousand storage units. among the exhibits is the first artificial earth satellite. the space suit of the first six cosmonauts, the cardiogram of the birth certificate of the first cosmonaut yuri gagarin. the real soyuz spacecraft, the real first lunar rover to travel 10 km on the moon, base. block of the mir orbital station and much more. in front of the museum there is a park with an alley of space heroes, busts of astron