Do You Want

The film tells about men who are connected not only by their passion for aviation, but also by search work, the purpose of which is to find wrecked Soviet planes and burial the remains of Soviet pilots who died during the Great Patriotic War. Newsreel footage of the Great Patriotic War: Soviet planes in the sky during an air battle with German aces. The plane burns in the sky and falls. A group of men consisting of Valery Digoyev, Sergei Poroshin, Sergei Samateev, who are searching in the wooded mountains where hostilities took place during the war, the remains of the dead Soviet pilots and fragments of the aircraft they fought in, pass through the forest with a metal detector, hoping to find a place, where, according to local residents, the plane fell. Men exchange replicas during the search, discover fragments of the plane. Valery Digoev (nickname Devil) opens the hangar doors at the airfield, where the plane is, examines the cockpit. Behind the scenes and sync. the story of Valery, Digoyev, who about himself, about how he came to aviation, sounds. Sergey Poroshin (nicknamed Gorgaz) in his workshop, talks about his passion for aviation, about how he came to DOSAAF and met Valery Digoev (sinhr.). General view of the photographs of S. Poroshin when he was a member of DOSAAF. Sergei says that after the restructuring, the aeroclub collapsed. General view of an abandoned aircraft on the airfield of the airfield. Sergey Poroshin tells about his hobbies in woodcarving and aircraft modeling. Sergey Samateev (nickname Serpent) repairs a truck in a car repair shop, talks about his friends, about the flying club, his joint hobby - the search for aircraft shot down during the years (sync. And per frame.). Valery Digoyev says that their search group traditionally goes to the mountains. A group of men goes to the mountains, stand on the top. Panorama over the mountains. The movement of the members of the search group on tricycles. Valery Digoyev talks about this type of transport, which is very convenient in the conditions of a hike. The tricycle can move where the car cannot pass (sync. And out of frame). Search team members are repairing a tricycle. Valeriev Digoyev talks about the search for fragments of a German plane that was shot down during the war and crashed in the mountains of North Ossetia (sync. And outside the frame.). The participants of the search campaign drive along the highway by car, on a tricycle, drive along a mountain river to the place of the alleged crash of the plane. Sergei Poroshin talks about the search for an aircraft (sync.). The men find fragments of the plane at the alleged crash site. Valery Digoyev says that the locals believed that it was a German plane, but the fragments found are not parts of a German plane. This is most likely either an English or an American aircraft that entered the USSR under Lend-Lease. Members of the search group are examining objects found at the crash site. The analysis of the aircraft parts, as well as the presence of the brand, leave no doubt - the aircraft is an American bomber Boston A-20 1942, part 2. City street (presumably Vladikavkaz). A sign on the doors of one of the buildings with the inscription "Council of Veterans". Sergei Samateev tells (sinhr.) About the search for data on the crew of the detected aircraft, that in November 1942 two Boston A-20 aircraft were shot down. The history of the search for aircraft and the remains of crews took almost 10 years. Members of the search group collect aircraft fragments in the forest, exchange replicas. Valery Digoyev says with regret that the remains of one of the pilots have not been identified and they had to be buried as unknown. Valery Digoyev says that 8 young guys were crew members of 2 planes (per frame and sync.). View of anti-tank hedgehogs at the place where battles took place during the war. Sergei Poroshin in his workshop, turns the handle of the gramophone, sits and smokes. Sergei Poroshin says (sinhr. And off-screen.) That it was possible to establish that a member of the crew of one of the aircraft was Lieutenant Vasiliev. Replacement of the plaque on the grave of the pilots, to whose names the name of Lieutenant Vasiliev was added. Friends are sitting by a fire in a dark forest, collecting fragments of an aircraft in the morning. Valery Digoev examines the found aircraft fragments in the workshop. V. Digoyev says that no one shows any interest in the remains of Soviet pilots. Sergei Poroshin, in his workshop, argues that both the Germans and Italians, having learned about the discovered remains of their soldiers, immediately take them home, but our people are indifferent to the fact that not all the remains of Soviet soldiers are worthily buried. Victory Day - May 9 in the city. A military brass band is playing, war veterans are standing on the square. One of the members of the search squad is fastening to the tombstone a plaque with the names of the pilots - crew members of one of the discovered Boston A-20 aircraft: Lieutenant Vasiliev D.I. Captain Potemkin A.I. Sergeant Gvozdovsky P.F. Sergeant Parfyonov P.V. 5. 11.1942 Men stand at the grave of the dead pilots in the memorial cemetery.

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V. Strushchenko, N. Tebieva, G. Amelyugina