Marina Pavlovna Chechneva (Russian: Марина Павловна Чечнева; 15 August 1922 – 12 January 1984) was a Soviet Polikarpov Po-2 pilot and squadron commander in the 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment (called the "Night Witches" by the Germans) in World War II. She received the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union on 15 August 1946, after having completed 810 sorties during the war.[1] Chechneva authored five books about her experiences during the war.[2]
^Sakaida, Henry (2003). Heroines of the Soviet Union (1941-1945). Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. p. 54. ISBN 1-84176-598-8.
^Frank Biess, Robert G. Moeller: Histories of the Aftermath: The Legacies of the Second World War in Europe
Marina Pavlovna Chechneva (Russian: Марина Павловна Чечнева; 15 August 1922 – 12 January 1984) was a Soviet Polikarpov Po-2 pilot and squadron commander...
and one was awarded Hero of Kazakhstan. Raisa Aronova Vera Belik † MarinaChechneva Rufina Gasheva Polina Gelman Tatyana Makarova † Natalya Meklin Yevdokiya...
Aksel Berg Admiral Nikolai Sergeyev Aviator Olga Yamshchikova Major MarinaChechneva Major Samuil Kovner Major General Лукашев, Василий Васильевич Skarzhinsky...
Killed in action on 25 August 1944 after shot down by German fighter. MarinaChechneva Марина Чечнева 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment Major 15 August 1946...
December that year she made her first night bombing mission as part of MarinaChechneva's training squadron; during that flight she flew with navigator Tatyana...
position of squadron navigator under the command of squadron navigator MarinaChechneva. One time in 1944 she and pilot Nadezhda Popova flew 18 bombing sorties...
Voenizdat. p. 66. ISBN 5203005362. OCLC 247400113. Cottam 1998, p. 65. Marina, Chechneva (2006). Fighting Friends of Mine. Moscow: Patriot. p. 365. ISBN 570300943X...
Moscow: University of Moscow Press. ISBN 5211050088. OCLC 68044852. Chechneva, Marina (2006). Боевые подруги мои. Moscow: Patriot. ISBN 570300943X. OCLC 75971740...
Simonov & Chudinova 2017, p. 310-311. Simonov & Chudinova 2017, p. 311. Chechneva, Marina (1984). Ласточки над фронтом [Swallows over the front]. Moscow: DOSAAF...
«pamyat-naroda.ru» (archive materials of TsAMO, ф. 33, оп. 686044, д. 1781) Chechneva, Marina (2006). Подруги мои воевые (in Russian). Moscow: Patriot. ISBN 9785703009437...
bravery at Okinawa in World War II; in Chicago (d. 1945) Major Marina Pavlovna Chechneva, Soviet Air Force pilot and recipient of the title of Hero of...
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