The Soviet Union’s all-female air regiments flew more than 30,000 missions and dropped 3,000 tons of bombs along the Eastern Front in World War II. 29.12.2010, Sputnik International
Heroes of the Soviet Union Guards Sub-Lieutenant pilot-captain Maria Pavlovna Chechneva and pilot-navigator Senior Lieutenant Yekaterina Vasilyevna Ryabova. The Great Patriotic War of 1941-45.
Soviet female pilots of the 46th Guards Air Force Regiment near dugout after a daytime rest during the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War. From left: Sitting -- Hero of the Soviet Union Irina Sebrova and Vera Belik. Standing -- Hero of the Soviet Union Nadezhda Popova
Nadezhda Popova holds a portrait of herself with her husband, whom she met during the war.
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