Photo of the pilots of the 46th Taman regiment ("night witches")– Heroes of the Soviet Union

An original and extremely rare photograph in good collector's condition. The pilots were photographed against the background of a Yak-3 aircraft, donated to the front by collective farmer Ferapont Golovaty. The size is 52*77 mm. There are traces of pasting into the album on the back. The photo shows: A. Zhigulenko (third from right), M.P. Chechneva (far right), R.S. Gasheva (second from left), R.E. Aronova (first from left), Litvinova L. N. (second from right), E.B. Pasko (4 from right): they all served in the 46th On the Taman shelf. The 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Taman Red Banner and Order of Suvorov Regiment (46th Guards NBAP, until February 8, 1943 — 588th Night Light Bomber Aviation Regiment), also known as the "night Witches", was a women's aviation regiment in the USSR Air Force during the Great Patriotic War. Guarantee of authenticity.

1. Evgeniya Andreevna Zhigulenko (December 1, 1920, Yekaterinodar — March 2, 1994, Moscow) was a flight commander of the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 325th Night Bomber Aviation Division of the 4th Air Army of the 2nd Belorussian Front, a major in the Guards, later a director, actress, screenwriter. Hero of the Soviet Union.

1. Marina Pavlovna Chechneva (August 15, 1922, Protasovo, Oryol province — January 12, 1984, Moscow) was a pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, during the Great Patriotic War she commanded a squadron of the 46th Taman Guards Night Light Bomber Regiment, Guards Major.

1. Raisa Ermolaevna Aronova (February 10, 1920 — December 20, 1982) was a Soviet pilot, participant of the Great Patriotic War, senior pilot of the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Taman Red Banner Regiment (325th Night Bomber Aviation Division, 4th Air Army, 2nd Belorussian Front), Guards Lieutenant. Hero of the Soviet Union.

1. Rufina Sergeevna Gasheva (October 14, 1921, Verkhnechusovskie Gorodki, Perm Province — May 1, 2012, Moscow) was a navigator of the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 325th Night Bomber Aviation Division of the 4th Air Army of the 2nd Belorussian Front (named from the Germans "Night Witches"), Guards Senior Lieutenant. Hero of the Soviet Union (1945).

1. Larisa Nikolaevna Rozanova (Litvinova) (December 6, 1918 — October 5, 1997) was a Soviet pilot, navigator of the 46th Guards night bomber of the Taman Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Regiment, captain of the Guards. Hero of the Soviet Union.

1. Evdokia Borisovna Pasko (December 30, 1919, Lipenka, Turkestan ASSR — January 27, 2017, Moscow) was a Soviet military pilot, navigator of the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment squadron, Hero of the Soviet Union, a scientist in the field of mechanics, a teacher at a higher school.