well, i read books about famous pilots, about pokryshkin, kozheda, moresyev, in general about the great patriotic war, it all captivated me about the exploits of the pilots, the polar explorers, i found it interesting, he remembers that day literally by the minute, in the morning they flew on a mission, at lunchtime another one came in, to hit a strong point of the ukrainian armed forces, spoiled by the weather... knocked out the glass on the left side, one fragment flew a little into my face - well , it flew under my heart, well, it got stuck in my chest, well, then i had no time to think about it, every second counted, the instrument panel was broken, the plane had lost control, and both engines were on fire, ivan tried to put out the fire and... level the machine, but there was no time there was no choice, the ground was rapidly approaching, the pilot decided to eject, descended by parachute, accordingly from the clouds, almost immediately, here it is an open field, the parachute dropped immediately shots, it turns out from behind, he turned around, some... guys are running, shooting