WW2 Russian pilot memoirs

[PCScipio42]

Has any WW2 Russian fighter pilot had his memoirs translated to English?

[Juha]

At least a few are. and there are books based on interviews of some fighter pilots, one focusing on year 1941. Check Amazon. One I have, written by the Soviet style, is IIRC Swastika in my sight.

Juha

[vikingBerserker]

There are two that I am aware of, but have not read them:

Swastika in the Gunsight: Memoirs of a Russian Fighter Pilot 1941-45 by Kaberov
Red Sky, Black Death: A Soviet Woman Pilot's Memoir of the Eastern Front by Anna Timofeyeva-Yegorova

The first one has really not gotten very good reviews, but the 2nd has and is on my wish list.

[PCScipio42]

Thanks, I've heard about the second book you listed. I was hoping for Pokryshkin (sp?) but all I can find are Russian language for him.

[michaelmaltby]

Amazon.com: Attack of the Airacobras: Soviet Aces, American P-39s, and the Air War Against Germany (Modern War Studies) (9780700611409): Dmitriy Loza, James F. Gebhardt, Frank Borman: Books

MM

@Juha:

Hi - on your advice I bought "Red Star Against the Swastika", Vasily B. Emelianenko's memoirs about flying Sturmoviks - 1942-45. It was very interesting and well worth reading and I recommend it to anyone interested in the Eastern Front.

Thanks

[PCScipio42]

Thanks for the link, Mike. Found another:

Amazon.com: RED STAR AIRACOBRA: Memoirs of a Soviet Fighter Ace 1941-45 (Soviet Memories of War) (v. 2) (9781874622789): Evgeniy Mariinskiy: Books

[Reegor]

There is a site with a lot of Soviet oral histories from the Great Patriotic War. Some have been translated into English.
Look at Летчики-истребители - Я Помню. Герои Великой Отечественной войны. Участники ВОВ. Книга памяти. and use Google translate. Here are 2 in English:
http://www.iremember.ru/content/view/157/80/lang,en/
http://www.iremember.ru/content/view/133/80/lang,en/

Here's one quick interview, from another site:
Aviation History: Interview with World War II Soviet Ace Ivan Kozhedub

If you find others, why not post them here?
I have this one, btw. I have not looked at it in a while - somewhat boring, actually. Swastika in the Gunsight: Memoirs of a Russian Fighter Pilot 1941-45 by Kaberov

[PCScipio42]

Did get "Attack of the Airacobras" and "Red Sky, Black Death" for Christmas. Have to finish a book before I start one of them.

I did read the Kozhedub interview. Interesting reading....especially as I prefer Pokryshkin to Kozhedub for some reason.