Soviet airwomen in world war II combat
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Pennington, Reina
- Publish Year
- 2001
- Shelfmark
- B3970 - B
- Thesaurus
- tweede wereldoorlog, piloten, militaire beroepen, USSR
- Description
- The Soviet Union was the first nation to allow women pilots to fly combat missions. During World War II the Red Air Force formed three all-female units. Pennington chronicles the creation, organization, and leadership of these regiments, as well as the experiences of the pilots, navigators, bomb loaders, mechanics, and others who made up their ranks, all within the context of the Soviet air war on the Eastern Front She draws upon personal interviews and the Soviet archives to detail the recruitment, training, and combat lives of these women.