Михаил Девятаев

Kniga posvi͡ashchena podvigu i sudʹbe legendarnogo sovetskogo letchika, kotoromu udalosʹ neveroi͡atnoe - sovershitʹ pobeg iz kont͡slageri͡a, ugnav s nemet͡skogo aėrodroma samolet. Avtor byl lichno znakom so svoim geroem, pobyval vo mnogikh mestakh, svi͡azannykh s ego zhiznʹi͡u, v tom chisle na nemet͡skom ostrove Uzedom, s kotorogo i sovershil svoĭ derzkiĭ polet plennyĭ letchik. S kazhdym godom vozrastaet interes k lichnosti Devi͡ataeva. V soznanii li͡udeĭ noveĭshego pokolenii͡a, ne znavshego voĭny, ne ukladyvaetsi͡a tot pasʹi͡ans iz rokovykh obstoi͡atelʹstv i schastlivykh sluchaĭnosteĭ, kotoryĭ vypal na doli͡u, kazalosʹ by, ri͡adovogo letchika. Tem ne menee nazvatʹ ego ri͡adovym nikak nelʹzi͡a: Devi͡ataev iz tekh, kogo nazyvai͡ut nezauri͡adnym, vydai͡ushchimsi͡a. I vse vypavshie na ego doli͡u voennye, vozdushnye i zhiteĭskie peripetii proiskhodili na samom dele, a ne pridumany fantastom.

The book is dedicated to the feat and fate of the legendary Soviet pilot, who managed the incredible - to escape from a concentration camp by hijacking a plane from a German airfield. The author was personally acquainted with his hero, visited many places related to his life, including the German island of Usedom, from which the captive pilot made his daring flight. Interest in the personality of Devyataev increases every year. In the minds of the people of the newest generation, who did not know the war, the solitaire of fatal circumstances and happy accidents that fell to the lot of a seemingly ordinary pilot does not fit. Nevertheless, it is impossible to call him an ordinary in any way: Devyataev is one of those who are called outstanding, outstanding. And all the military, aerial and everyday vicissitudes that fell to his lot actually happened, and were not invented by a science fiction writer.