Women at war

Pilot Maria Nikitina and navigator Glafira (Irina) Kashirina (leftto right ). Novorossiysk

Navigator Elena Salikova and pilot Anna Vysotskaya. Novorossiysk

Portrait of Natalya Meklin, a pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Portrait of Vera Belik, a pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Portrait of Natalya Meklin, a pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union title

Portrait of Evdokia Nikulina, a pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Portrait of Valentina Grizodubova, a pilot

Portrait of the flight leader of 46th women aviation regiment of Taman division Evgenya Zhigulenko

Portrait of Evdokia Rachkevich, the deputy commander and commissar of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment. Novorossiysk

The all-female 46th Aviation Regiment receives the Guards banner

Portraits of pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment. Novorossiysk

Portraits of pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Portraits of pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Portrait of Natalya Meklin, a pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment