Chekalin Stepan Ivanovich
Petrovich Vasilii Andreevich
Волчихин Савва Антонович
Philip Podgorbunskikh
V. Khitrin (2nd from the right) with his comrades in arms
N. Raspopova before the combat flight
Alexander Proskuryakov
Grigory Murai
Leonid Kozlov (right). Hungary
A meeting of the Party Commission of the 232 Infantry Division. I.P. Kobyakov (2nd right, sitting). Czechoslovakia
Zemskykh Vladimir Afanasievich (left) with a fellow soldier Kostenko.
N. Raspopova before the combat flight
7 октября 1941 г.

N. Raspopova before the combat flight

Hero of the Soviet Union. Participated in the war with Germany from May 1942. Flight Commander of the 46th Guards Night Bomber Air Regiment (325th Night Bomber Air Division, 4th Air Army, 2nd Belorussian Front), Guards First Lieutenant. By the end of the war, she had flown 805 sorties, causing heavy losses to the enemy in manpower and military equipment, and dropped 110 tons of bombs on enemy positions. She distinguished herself in the battles during the breakthrough of the enemy's defenses on the Pronya River, during the liberation of Mogilev, Minsk, and Grodno. Awarded orders of Lenin, Red Banner (twice), Patriotic War 1st degree, Friendship of people, medals Gold Star, For Defense of Caucasus and others.

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