battle, the pilots left in order to turn the difficult situation in the sky the commander of the eighth air armyeneral timofey mafievich khryukin, forms a special air regiment of the best of the best, the air team of the eighth air army, general khryukin began to create a regiment in which there should be pilots aces to resist these fascist vultures and for the basis of this regiment. he took the ninth guards floor. and it turned out that in the entire history of the regiment, 28 heroes of the soviet union served in it, and of them four times the hero of the soviet union, so this polker ordered to enroll only the most courageous, decisive and, most importantly , productive pilots in this regiment, the sultans hit the marks. in lavrinenko, vladimir gryazonovich. uh, the role of sheep and on december 10, 1942, the ninth guards riflemen flew over again near stalingrad, but this time not on the left bank, but on the right, because the ring in the environment was closed and it was necessary at any cost. throw it off so that the germans open it. well, and accordingly, only then to advance further on n