Female pilots, 46th Guards Taman Regiment (1941)

46th Guards Taman Regiment, Po-2 aircraft.

Female pilots change into military boots, get their hair cut, and try on their caps.

Female pilots in formation.

The pilots discuss the plan of action and report to the commander.

A female pilot boards a plane.

A female technician helps start the engine and spins the propeller.

The pilots are in the cockpit.

The plane takes off.

Aerial view of the river.

Po-2 aircraft in the sky.

Preparing for the plane's transport, the girls unroll and lay a wooden "road" along the gangway from the truck to the ground.

The plane is rolled along the planks, the pilots' feet sinking in the mud.

Bombs are attached to the plane.

A Po-2 aircraft on a village street.

The pilots walk through the village, past houses.

A photo is on a tablet with documents.

A pilot helps a friend put on her winter suit.

The plane's camouflage is being removed.

It's nighttime filming, and it's raining.

Cockpit instruments, photograph on the dashboard.

A Po-2 aircraft in the sky, night shot.

A female pilot at the controls.

A night raid, searchlight beams, German artillery fire, explosions, fires on the ground, a downed plane burning.

Monument to the squadron commander of the 46th Guards Taman Regiment Olga Sanfirova.

Po-2 planes stand in the rain.

Three girls are walking along an airfield, with part of an airplane propeller visible in the foreground.