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- catalog abstract ""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 recruiting other women to fly with mostly male units." "Pennington chronicles the creation, organization, and leadership of these regiments, as well as the experiences of the pilots, navigators, bomb loaders, mechanics, and others who made up their ranks, all within the context of the Soviet air war on the Eastern Front."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Soviet airwomen in World War II combat".
- catalog alternative "Wings, women & war".
- catalog contributor b12364823.
- catalog contributor b12364824.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""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 recruiting other women to fly with mostly male units." "Pennington chronicles the creation, organization, and leadership of these regiments, as well as the experiences of the pilots, navigators, bomb loaders, mechanics, and others who made up their ranks, all within the context of the Soviet air war on the Eastern Front."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Before the war -- 2. Recruitment and training of aviation group 122 -- 3. The 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment -- 4. The 125th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment -- 5. The 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment -- 6. Women at war in mostly male regiments -- 7. Demobilization and postwar experiences.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-289) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 304 p., [32] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0700611452 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Modern war studies".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lawrence : University Press of Kansas,".
- catalog spatial "Soviet Union.".
- catalog subject "940.54/4947/082 21".
- catalog subject "D810.W7 P45 2001".
- catalog subject "Soviet Union. Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, Soviet.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Female.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Regimental histories Soviet Union.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Before the war -- 2. Recruitment and training of aviation group 122 -- 3. The 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment -- 4. The 125th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment -- 5. The 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment -- 6. Women at war in mostly male regiments -- 7. Demobilization and postwar experiences.".
- catalog title "Soviet airwomen in World War II combat".
- catalog title "Wings, women & war".
- catalog title "Wings, women, and war : Soviet airwomen in World War II combat / Reina Pennington ; foreword by John Erickson.".
- catalog type "text".