Women at war

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

Pilots of the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment before the Victory Parade in Moscow

Pilots of the 46th Guards Aviation Regiment

Pilots of the 46th Guards Aviation Regiment

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

Sevastopol in ruins

Sniper Elizaveta (“Liza”) Mironova

Sniper Valentina Kusanova

Portraits of Khiuaz (Katya) Dospanova and Evgenia Zhigulenko, pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Zharova, a dispatcher at the headquarters of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Pilot Lydia Litvyak

Marina Chechneva and Serafima Amosova, pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment. Marina Chechneva (right), Serafima Amosova (left).

Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment near a dugout

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

Pilot Evdokia Bershanskaya - Commander of the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment