Interview with HSU Sturmovik pilot Alexei Batievskii

[FPSOlkor]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

S!

Thanks for the links Olkor, interesting read. Comparing these interviews/books from all sides and to historical sources gives quite a good picture on certain things. And can bring up new information.

The saying "which design was not done in prison" has some truth behind it in the Soviet system. Stalin is idolised even today as a great and glorious leader but even Lenin had said that J.S. should never be given any power. Well he got it anyway after Lenin's death and results are history. He wiped out countless of his own people in the "purges" and mass relocations, killed many of top military brass in the 1937 "cleansing" and replaced them etc. The totalitarian regime of the Stalin's era was not any better than Germany's at the time. The flags were different but the methods the same: propaganda and strict "surveillance" kept people in check.

Anyways, back to topic. Keep those links coming.

Oh... Don't start this crap again... Too much Discovery channel viewed...

[Flanker35M]

S!

No discovery channel, just historical researches based on Russian documents. They opened up some years ago.

[FPSOlkor]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

S!

No discovery channel, just historical researches based on Russian documents. They opened up some years ago.

We must have read different docs... At least those I studied show picture a lot different then that commonly presented...

[Feathered_IV]

Thank you for sharing this interview. It would be terrible if these peoples stories were lost forever. I very much appreciate you taking the time to record and translate them.

Don't let the youtube-style commentators drag you down.

[Viking]

It’s interesting to hear the real voices from this tragic era in our history.

Clearing up the fog of political propaganda that, for a surprisingly long time, have cast a darkness’ on history. And still do as we can see!

Please keep up the good work.

Regards
Viking

[Flanker35M]

S!

Another book worth reading is Vasili B. Emelianenko - Sturmovik Pilot. HSU after 80 sorties in IL-2, 92 sorties in total. Shot down 3 times but returned to his regiment.

[Viking]

Yes, that’s the” Red star against the swastika” ISBN 1-85367-649-7.

Go get it!

Regards
Viking