Heaven, "Sturmovik", girl

The re-equipment of the army and the creation of modern Air Force, conducted by the USSR in the 30s of the twentieth century, required urgent training of tens of thousands of pilots. Among them there were many girls who mastered the profession of aviator on equal terms with men.
By 1941, Anna Timofeeva was already an experienced pilot instructor. She voluntarily entered the army, where she began to fight as a pilot of a headquarters squadron of communications. Everyday combat sorties demanded great courage and skills from pilots flying on unarmed U-2. During the year, it was shot down three times by German fighters, but remained in service. At the end of 1942, she retrained to Il-2, becoming the first woman, a pilot-player. Having won the unconditional recognition of male pilots, the author became not only a mature combat pilot, but also the commander, the navigator of the regiment. During one of the sorties at the end of 1944, her plane was shot down by German anti -aircraft artillery, and she spent 5 months in the German concentration camp ...
Blows on the enemy, counteracting German anti -aircraft artillery and heavy air battles with fighters, loss of friends, details of the military life and life of pilots, the most difficult conditions of the German camp and subsequent checks in SMERSH - all this is colorful and clearly reflected in unique and not having Analogues of the memoirs of the senior lieutenant of the Air Force Anna Timofeeva-Egorova