1. Women in Aviation During WWII
Allied and Axis Powers

2. Sabiha Gokcen First female combat pilot From Turkey
Fought in the Dersim Rebellion in 1937 before WWII
Set a precedent for female pilots during WWII

3. Night Witches Soviet all female combat pilot unit
586, 587 & 588th Night Bomber Regiments
Over 30 of the Soviet women died in battle
Planes held ~ 2 bombs so they had to fly multiple missions

4. Maria Raskova Commander of the 125th Guards Bomber Regiment
Flew Petlyakov Pe-2s
Died in combat January 4, 1943

5. Yekaterina Budanova One of only two female fighter aces
Flew in Stalingrad
Unknown number of kills
(Approximately 11)
Died in combat July 19, 1943

6. Lydia Litvyak Fighter Ace along with Budanova
Approximately kills in 66 missions
Flew in Stalingrad
Died at the age of 21 on August 1, 1943 during a mission

7. Spitfire Women Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA)
Over 160 women ferried aircraft to battle areas (mainly the Battle of Britain)
At first they were required to wear skirts and stocking until uniforms were made for them

8. Pauline Gower Headed the ATA Later wrote a book about the women
Died 1947

9. Amy Johnson Set aviation distance records in the 1930s
During WWII belonged to the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA)
Died during a ferry operation January 5, 1941

10. Hanna Reitsch Flew for Nazi Germany for the Luftwaffe
Was held as a POW
Only woman awarded the Iron Cross
First woman to fly a helicopter, rocket plane, and jet fighter
Holds records for gliding, endurance and altitude