Pilot could not be confused with any other, on board her plane a beautiful flower was drawn, a flower of tenderness and love a white lily. The white lily became a black mark for the nazis. The luftwaf aces knew that the one who sits in the cockpit of this plane never misses. A woman who flew fighters in the 586th womens aviation regiment. She shot down the fascists with such courage that i can even envy some men, she was afraid of only one thing, missing, but in fortythree her plane entered the cloud zone and disappeared forever. The queen of the air was less than 22 years old, her name was on august 23 , 1942 , several hundred german planes took off into the sky over stalingrad and launched a massive attack on the city. Stalingrad is on fire. The soviet command decides to strengthen the citys defense. Eighth and sixteenth air. Armies are replenished with new aircraft and personnel. The commander of the eighth air army decided to create a regiment on the basis of this regiment, which d
When we think of war heroes, most everyone thinks of men because women were barred from combat for most of history. Only recently, nations began to lift
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At traditional Vacation Bible Schools, children are taught about biblical giants. At Patriot Camp in Drew County, they learn about more recent heroes as well.