For the first time in 60 years! The long-awaited reprint of the early book of the greatest Soviet ace, virtually unknown to modern readers! Today, few people remember that, except the famous "Fidelity to the Fatherland," I.N. Kozhedub was the author of four more books, and the first editions of his memoirs, published during Stalin's lifetime, differ significantly from later texts, from which not only all references to Vozhda are excluded (a common practice after "exposing the cult of personality"), but also whole chapters. In this edition, the original text of the memoirs of the great pilot is printed in full, without censorship distortions, inscriptions and banknotes.