The book you hold in your hands is unique. For the first time in 77 years, it publishes transcripts of conversations with soldiers of the 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Division. Interviews were taken from 36 people: pilots, staff, political and technical workers of the Division Directorate, 32nd and 63rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiments. In addition, the conversations talk about the soldiers of three more aviation units: the 1st Guards, 163rd and 521st fighter regiments. Conversations recorded during the war are exceptional in their content and frankness. They were not edited, they were not censored. People said what they thought - about their lives and military path, about the war, about friends and colleagues. About each of the warriors who left an interview, the book gives essays compiled on the basis of archival sources. And the transcripts themselves are provided with detailed comments and certificates about the personalities mentioned in the text. The combat accounts of almost eight dozen Soviet aces are also being specified. The book is provided with rich photographic and illustrative material, many photographs are published for the first time.