dakutovich and polina gelman.ve pilots of the 46th guards women's night bomber regiment, who have already traveled the roads of war, who have been in combat battles with awards on their chests. in august 1940, among the bustling passengers of the carriage train, which was about to depart from the platform of the gomel station to moscow, two clearly stood out. and the sky, we will continue to study at the flying club, only in the capital. polina, just imagine what an interesting life lies ahead. then at the station they could not imagine that the meeting with their native land would not happen soon and under tragic circumstances. and my personal one is already in engels, at the pilot training school. in october 1941, the komsomol central committee announced the recruitment of girls into aviation units. stalin signed a decree on the beginning of their formation, in may 1942, as part of the women's 588th aviation light bomber regiment, they were already sent to the front, to the north caucasus near mozdok. a small ai