The film is dedicated to Soviet pilots who defended their homeland during the Great Patriotic War. The film uses newsreel footage from 1941-1945: military operations of Soviet aviation on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, military operations of Hitler's troops, incl. and aviation; General view of the Aviation Museum in Monino, views of the cities of Minsk, Brno, Bialystok, Prague, memoirs of participants in the Great Patriotic War (sync. and behind the scenes).