Raisa Surnachevskaya
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Who is Raisa Surnachevskaya?
Squadron Commander, Raisa Surnachevskaya, a Soviet World War II fighter pilot, was, according to Jonathan Glancy in the Guardian, "surely the only pregnant frontline pilot in the history of combat."
Surnachevskaya was one of "Stalin's Falcons", and a woman. Glancy quotes Surnachevskaya saying, "We didn't know we were special". Surnachevskaya is remembered above some of her comrades because of the iconic photo taken of her.
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