Wings, Women, and War: Soviet Airwomen in World War II Combat by John Erickson, Reina Pennington

Wings, Women, and War: Soviet Airwomen in World War II Combat

John Erickson, Reina Pennington

304 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history informative tense slow-paced
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The Soviet Union was the first nation to allow women pilots to fly combat missions. During World War II the Red Air Force formed three all-female units -- grouped into separate fighter, dive bomber, and night bomber regiments -- while also recruit...

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