Red Star Against The Swastika

The Story of a Soviet Pilot over the Eastern Front

• Author(s): Vasily Emelianenko,
• Publisher: Pen and Sword
• Pages: 240
• ISBN_10: 1784380261
  ISBN_13: 9781784380267
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General , History / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century , History / Military / General , History / Europe / Great Britain / General , History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) ,

Description:... This is the extraordinary story of Vasily B. Emelianenko, the veteran pilot of one of the Soviet Union’s most contradictory planes of WWII – the I1-2. This heavily armoured aircraft was practically unrivalled in terms of fire power, but it was slow to manoeuvre and an easy target for fighters. I1–2 had to attack enemy flak columns at extremely low altitudes, which led to enormous tolls both in equipment and personnel.