Maresyev mụrụ na Kamyshin na nne na nna Russia. Nna ya bụ onye ọrụ aka nke nwụrụ obere oge ka ọ laghachiri site na Agha Worldwa Mbụ. Tupu ịbanye n'usuu ndị agha na 1937 Maresyev rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-atụgharị ma mesịa sonye na owuwu nke Komsomolsk-na-Amur. Na 1940 ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Bataysk Military School of Aviation. Ọ malitere ụgbọ elu ya dị ka onye na-anya ụgbọelu na August 1941. Ọ gburu ụgbọ elu German anọ site na March 1942, mana na Eprel 4, 1942 a gbagburu Polikarpov I-16 ya n'akụkụ Staraya Russa, ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ na onye ga-abụ onye na-ahụ maka Knight's Cross na 48-egbu ọkachamara Fw Peter Siegler 3. ((J/G-54) ma ọ fọrọ nke nta ka ndị agha Nazi jide ya. Ajụjụ: Mgbe a gburu ụgbọ elu Peter Siegler n'akụkụ Staraya?
Eprel 4 afọ 1942