Leningrad

Soviet pilots from the women's 46-th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, Heroes of the Soviet Union Rufina Gasheva (left) and Natalia Meklin (right) 2 of the most successful pilots in the Soviet military.
Rufina S. Gasheva (b. 1921) - navigator during the war flew 848 missions.
Natalya F. Meklin (1922-2005) -  980 combat missions.
After the war, both graduated from the Military Institute of Foreign Languages. At retirement, each advanced to the rank of major.


Pilots

School Students who took part in battle's in their native village - NV Belov (left) and P. Bashilov hold their German trophies.
Date: 1943
Location: Russia, Orel region 