Soviet female fighter pilots of the Second World War

[auron]

Female aviation units in Russia excelled and one was even the most decorated regiment in the whole soviet air force. How much did women contribute to the fighting of the war, and why isn’t more written about it, considering how popular women’s history is these days?

http://www.bukisa.com/articles/183201_soviet-female-fighter-pilots-of-the-second-world-war

 

[LeEnfield]

I would think that more was not written about this as Soviet Government was unlikely to publish it until a few years back and by then most of the people who took part could have well have been dead