The most powerful story! Military ace pilot Alexander Pokryshkin, three times the first Hero of the Soviet Union in history, tells when and why he stopped sparing German pilots ejected from a parachute during the Great Patriotic War. Battle score: according to official data - 650 sorties, 156 air battles, 59 enemy planes shot down individually and 6 in a group. Aircraft: He fought on the MiG-3, and was particularly famous on the American P-39 Airacobra fighter, which was provided under Lend-Lease. His famous formula for air combat is "altitude - speed - maneuver - fire": gain an advantage in altitude, turn it into speed, take an advantageous position and deliver an accurate hit. on Russians.

The most powerful story! Military ace pilot Alexander Pokryshkin, three times the first Hero of the Soviet Union in history, tells when and why he stopped sparing German pilots ejected from a parachute during the Great Patriotic War. Battle score: according to official data - 650 sorties, 156 air battles, 59 enemy planes shot down individually and 6 in a group. Aircraft: He fought on the MiG-3, and was particularly famous on the American P-39 Airacobra fighter, which was provided under Lend-Lease. His famous formula for air combat is "altitude - speed - maneuver - fire": gain an advantage in altitude, turn it into speed, take an advantageous position and deliver an accurate hit. on Russians.