Nochnye Lastochki

During the Great Patriotic War, about 600,000 women fought in the ranks of the Red Army, along with men. There were many women in aviation: pilots, navigators, gunners, radio operators, armed forces... At the same time, women aviators fought both in regular “male” aviation regiments and in separate “female” ones. This story will be about some of the most famous female pilots, about the history of the creation and combat path of women's aviation regiments...