Raisa Surnachevskaya

Squadron Commander, Raisa Surnachevskaya, Soviet WWII fighter pilot, was, according to [http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,618033,00.html| Jonathan Glancy in the Guardian] (and see also [http://beta.archivum.ws/files/holdings/300/8/3/text/61-2-275.shtml Open Society Archives, "Girl for a whirl in space"] ), "surely the only pregnant frontline pilot in the history of combat." Surnachevskaya was one of "Stalin's Falcons", and a woman. Glancy quots Surnachevskaya saying, "We didn't know we were special." Surnachevskaya is remembered above some of her comrades because of the iconic [http://englishrussia.com/forum/files/ltraisa_surnachevskaya_586_th_regimentya001_398.jpgphoto] taken of her.