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Major Marina Raskova[ edit]
Marina Mikhailovna Raskova was born in Moscow on March 28 1912. She was the first woman in the USSR to the diploma of professional air navigator as well. Raskova from a young woman with aspirations of becoming an opera singer to a military instructor, the first female navigator in the Soviet Union, navigator to many record setting and breaking flights, as well as founding and commanding officer of the 587th Dive Bomber Regiment which was renamed the 125th M.M. Raskova Borisov Guards Dive Bomber Regiment in her honor.

Early Years[ edit]
In her younger years, Raskova had decided to follow in her father's footsteps and pursue a career in music. She went to school to become an opera singer but was pushed down a different path when she received an inner ear infection. Raskova showed a proficiency in chemistry and engineering, later mastering the theory of navigation.

Her Career[ edit]
Major Raskova chose to become an instructor in N. Ye. Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy. She taught both male and later female students military navigation. She was the subject of skepticism by her male students but was able to prove herself capable. Later the Academy sent Raskova to Tushino for the Central Flying Club in order to receive flying lessons, which she completed in August 1935. When Raskova's training ended, she was able to become an instrument flying instructor and was allowed to teach command personnel advanced navigation.

Bibliography[ edit]
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"Many Nazi Planes are the Victims of Russian Women Fighter Pilots." New York Times (1923-Current File), Jan 17, 1944. https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.xula.edu/docview/106919255?accountid=40599.

"Hero of the Soviet Union." New York Herald Tribune (1926-1962), Jan 23, 1943. https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.xula.edu/docview/1267953857?accountid=40599.

Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES. "RUSSIAN WOMAN FLIER KILLED ON ACTIVE DUTY: MAJOR RASKOVA, HEROINE OF SOVIET UNION, WIDELY KNOWN." New York Times (1923-Current File), Jan 10, 1943. https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.xula.edu/docview/106531059?accountid=40599.

Pursley, Sasha D. "The Motherland Calls: The 460RW1S34RfeSDcfkexd09rT3Th1RW1S34RfeSDcfkexd09rT3 Taman' Guards Women's Aviation Unit in the Great Patriotic War." Order No. 3098757, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2003. https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.xula.edu/docview/305342194?accountid=40599.