Over Fields of Fire Timofeeva-Egorova Anna
Over Fields of Fire Timofeeva-Egorova Anna During the 1930s the Soviet Union launched a major effort to create a modern Air Force. Among those pilots were larger numbers of young women, training…
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Over Fields of Fire Timofeeva-Egorova Anna
During the 1930s the Soviet Union launched a major effort to create a modern Air Force. Among those pilots were larger numbers of young women, training shoulder to shoulder with their male counterparts. That process required training tens of thousands of pilots.
Following this, the best graduates could enter military schools to become professional combat pilots or flight navigators. A common training program of the day involved studying in 'flying clubs' during leisure hours, first using gliders and then training planes. The author of this book passed through all of those stages and had become an experienced training pilot when the USSR entered the war.
Volunteering for frontline duty, the author flew 130 combat missions piloting the U2 biplane in a liaison squadron. In the initial period of the war, the German Luftwaffe dominated the sky. Daily combat sorties demanded bravery and skill