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Many US women pilots along with their British counterparts wanted to fly in combat. Their contribution mattered, as did the entirety of the 800,000 women that joined the Soviet war effort, but it was not decisive. They earned some of the highest awards and suffered losses on a regular basis against those fighting the Red Army. There were also individual women pilots/navigators spread throughout men’s regiments. Three women’s air regiments were set up by the Soviet high command, which included fighters, night bombers (nicknamed by the Germans Night Witches), and dive bombers. The majority of women pilots, navigators, armorers, mechanics, etc., can be found on the Eastern Front. Was it decisive? Not when it came to the air war. You can’t exactly qualify what ‘role’ women played. Leading a 3-woman team pioneering an air transport route through Siberia, Marina’s fame erupted when she became an early aviation heroine of Russian folklore. In 1941, Soviet women pilots were organized into air combat units by Marina Raskova, a famous aviatrix.

She wrote a paper for English 101 dated March, 29, 1989 “Women Pilots in World War II.”Ĭheryl and my sister, Martha Jo are the editors for my “literary efforts.” I hope you enjoy this along with the other aviation stories guaranteed to thwart insomnia. My immediate supervisor, Cheryl, who often fills numerous rolls, within the Walker Bunch, such as “Mom,” “Wife,” “Grammie,” etc., researched much of what you will read herein. Much of the following is a compilation of the history of some amazing women from WWII.

Category : Aviation History People, Early Aviation, WAR STORIES, Warrior Stories.

Triple-ace in a dayĭouble-ace in a day on two different occasionsĪce in each of two wars, first in aviation history with 100 victories Top scoring ace outside the Eastern Front. Jet ace with 12 victories in Me 262, Double-ace in a day First ever with 300 victories, achieved coincident with Double-ace in a dayĭouble-ace in a day on two different occasions. This background, along with the symbol '†', indicates that the pilot was killed in action, missing in action, died of wounds, or was killed in a flying accident during World War II. The most reliable is considered the confirmation of the victories in RAF, which based its counts on comparison of testimonials of participants and – if possible – film material. There are disputes about what is 'shot down' and what is 'air victory', but the most problematic seems to be credibility of reports and reliability of its confirmation, which was substantially different in particular air forces. It is necessary to emphasize that the question of assessing and comparing the success rate of fighters by number of victories is one of the more problematic. Probable kills are usually left out of the list. The Italian Air Force did not officially credit victories to individual pilots, but to their unit as a whole. The Soviets counted only solo kills, while group kills were counted separately, as did the Japanese. commands also credited aircraft destroyed on the ground. British, Finnish and US air forces credited fractional shares of aerial victories, resulting in fractions, such as 11½, which might be for example 10 aircraft and three shares with the second pilot.

#WW II FIGHTER PILOT FULL#

Germans credited a shared victory to only one pilot, while the French credited full victory to all participants.

It is not clear what impact each nation's rules for score crediting have on the counts listed below. Additionally, national policies differed German, Italian, and Japanese pilots tended to return to the cockpit over and over again until they were killed.

Towards the end of the war, the Axis powers had largely exhausted their supply of skilled pilots and the replacements did not have as much opportunity to gain enough experience to be successful. Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane the pilot flew and the planes they flew against, how long they served, their opportunity to meet the enemy in the air (Allied to Axis disproportion), whether they were the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards their air service brought to the awarding of victory credits, et cetera.

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