Yevgeniya Zhigulenko (01.12.1920 - 27.02.1994), Hero of the Soviet Union, flew 968 night missions as pilot in a U-2/Po-2

Yevgeniya Zhigulenko, Hero of the Soviet Union

Soviet Fighter Aces from the Russian 586th Women's Fighter Regiment. L-R : Lilya Litvyak, 12 wins (KIA), Yekaterina Budanova, 11 wins (KIA) and Mariya Kuznetsova

Lilya Litvyak, Yekaterina Budanova, Mariya Kuznets

Gunners of the Guards captain I.Bogomolov cross the Shishula River - the border with East Prussia (September, 1944)