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Marina Raskova and the Soviet Women Pilots of World War II

Natalia A . Kostenyuk. Marina Raskova and the Soviet Women Pilots of World War II. Marina Raskova. March 28, 1912–January 4, 1943 long distance record : Moscow to Komsomolsk total distance - 6,450 km duration - 26 hours and 29 minutes. Women’s air regiments.

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Marina Raskova and the Soviet Women Pilots of World War II

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  1. Natalia A . Kostenyuk Marina Raskova and the Soviet Women Pilots of World War II

  2. MarinaRaskova March 28, 1912–January 4, 1943 long distance record: Moscow to Komsomolsk total distance - 6,450 km duration - 26 hours and 29 minutes

  3. Women’s air regiments • The 586th Women's Fighter Regiment • The 587th Women's Bomber Regiment • The 588th Women's Night Bomber Regiment, the famous "Night Witches"

  4. The 586th Women's Fighter Regiment • 4,419 sorties (per pilot) • more than 125 separate air battles • 38 confirmed kills

  5. The 587th Women's Bomber Regiment • flew 1,134 missions, • droped over 980,000 tons of bombs

  6. The 588th Women's Night Bomber Regiment, "Night Witches" • made 24,000 combat flights • dropped 23,000 tons of bombs • was awarded the Soviet Union's highest collective military honor.

  7. In honor of Marina Raskova • Tambov Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots; • 125-th Guards pikirovochno-bombing aviation; • Streets in many cities of the former USSR (Vladivostok, Kaliningrad, Moscow, Kiev, Engels, Saratov, Tyumen, Saransk, Lipetsk, and others); • Square in Moscow (CAO); • thenamesakeofanAmericanLibertyship; • ship on the Volga; • the Soviet carrier, destroyed a German submarine in the Kara Sea 12 Aug, 1944.

  8. Thank You for attention!

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