![]() ![]() Please refer to my previous blog, ‘Lilya Litvak.’ Katya Budenova gained nine victories and was a consummate fighter pilot. The most famous woman fighter pilot Lilya Litvak began her career in the 586th Fighter Air Regiment. Galia Boordina infiltrated a Ju-88 bomber formation at night and shot down one of the aircraft. Valeria Khomyakova shot down a night bombing Ju-88 and inspected the wreckage on the banks of the Volga. Valentina Petrochenkova and a woman comrade chased a reconnaissance bomber quite beyond their area of operation until they ran out of ammunition. The 586th Fighter Air Regiment contained other women pilots of note. The 586th Regiment assigned to Saratov in the summer of 1942. These units consisted of all women, including the mechanics. The 586th Women’s Fighter Regiment, along with the 587th Women’s Bomber Regiment, and the 588th Women’s Night Bomber Regimen, was formed by Marina Raskova by order of Josef Stalin in late 1941. These women were generally underappreciated by their peers (the men they flew with), and the Soviet public. During the Great Patriotic War (World War II) many women in the Soviet Union flew fighter aircraft in combat. ![]()
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