title: The role of fighter aircraft of the 8th Air Army in protecting the skies over the Rostov region and Donbass in March - April 1943
abstract: The paper considers the actions of the fighter aviation of the 8th Air Army during the absence of offensive operations of the ground forces of the Southern Front to liberate the Rostov region and the territory of Donbass in March-April 1943. The combat potential of the fighter units and formations of the 8th Air Army in the Southern Front is analyzed, the key points where the timely actions of Soviet aviation played a decisive role in the battles in the skies over Rostov-on-Don and Bataysk durin
journal: Proceedings of the Komi Science Centre of the Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences