Soviet Woman Bomber Pilot
Dec 06, 2016•9 min
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Episode description
Yelena Malyutina was a Soviet female bomber pilot who fought in WW2 and was wounded in action in 1944. She was in one of the three Soviet women's flying regiments which fought on the front line. Before her death in 2014, she was interviewed by Lyuba Vinogradova, author of 'Defending the Motherland: Soviet Women' who fought Hitler's Aces. Dina Newman reports.
Photo:Yelena Malyutina and Lyuba Vinogradova (credit: private archive)
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