However, successful women are often unable to take care of their families, and Laskova is no exception. Maybe it's because she is too busy, or because she is too dazzling. Anyway, in 1935, she and her husband agreed to divorce and the child was raised by this man. For Laskova who devoted himself to flying, this separation seemed to be a relief. After being single, she became more indifferent, thus creating a series of amazing flight records from 1937 to 1938. On October 24th, 1937, Laskova cooperated with Grizu Dubova of valentino to fly the Jacques -12 plane, setting a record for the uninterrupted flight distance of female pilots: 1,445 kilometers. On May 24th and July 2nd, 1938, Laskova flew the mp-1 airship, setting flight records of 1,749 km and 2,241 km respectively. On September 24th of the same year, Laskova began a bold new attempt. She will fly an An -37 named "Motherland" together with two other excellent female pilots, pauline O 'Shefinko and Grizu Dubova, creating an unprecedented long-distance flight record. According to the plan, this "maiden voyage" long-range plane will fly from Moscow to Komoso Moske in the Far East. It is estimated that the whole journey will take about 26 hours, with a straight line distance of 5,947 kilometers and an estimated flight mileage of 6,45 kilometers. But this extremely risky adventure almost led to tragedy. The whole flight was quite smooth, but in the area near the target area, the fog reduced the visibility to a very low level, and the plane circled repeatedly in the air, but could not find the landing airport. Seeing that the fuel was running out, the crew had to make an emergency landing. Because Laskova's cockpit was not in contact with other parts of the cockpit, it was very dangerous during the forced landing, so Laskova had to parachute before the forced landing. After landing, Laskova found that her plane had been gone for 1 days. The rescue team had been waiting for her there for two days. To Laskova's delight, she learned that her two companions were safe and sound. Although the trip was cancelled at the last minute, the flight still caused a sensation. On November 2nd, the Soviet government awarded Laskova and others the title of "Soviet Heroes", which was the first time that the Soviet Union awarded women the highest honor. Since then, until the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, no other woman has enjoyed this honor. Air Women's Air Corps [/S2/] On the morning of June 22, 1941, the originally peaceful Soviet Union shook the ground and Nazi Germany brazenly invaded. When the war broke out, many female pilots, like Laskova who had received flight training before the war, petitioned to fly to the front to kill the enemy. In the Soviet Union, women hold up half the sky. In the operation of the country, there are hardworking women in every position. There are also many female soldiers in the Red Army, but they still fly planes when fighting at the front. Can they do it? This made the top of the Red Army hesitate. Although men and women are equal in theory and the Red Army has not explicitly restricted female soldiers from participating in the war, the application of female pilots has not yet returned. Headquarters said it was necessary to study another case. It's Laskova's turn to exert her unique influence. As the record holder of women's long-distance flight, "Soviet hero" Laskova can express her views directly to the Kremlin. Finally, she persuaded Stalin, the supreme ruler of the Soviet Union, who directly ordered the National Defense People's Committee to set up three aviation regiments composed of women in the Air Force. Its personnel composition will truly reflect the meaning of "women's group", not just pilots. /[/br/In October 1941, with the cooperation of flight schools at all levels and local youth league organizations, a group of carefully selected girls gathered together and began intensive training tentatively named the 122nd Flying Air Force. The training site is located in the lower reaches of Volga River, engers, a small town in northern saratov. The girls received six months of intensive training there, because they knew that the standard training time for ordinary pilots in the Soviet Union was 18 months! Everyone is full of training energy, because they know that they will soon go to the front and fight side by side with their companions! Laskova, the founder of this unit, participated in the whole training. According to each student's understanding, he personally made a job assignment table for everyone. In this process, Laskova won the respect and love of everyone.
Although she became famous at this time, everyone thought she was easy to get along with. Privately, the girls also praised Laskova's qualities: she can enjoy classical music and speak fluent French and Italian. Finally, it's time for women to join the war. At the end of the training of the 122nd Air Force Aviation Regiment, the Soviet Air Force announced the official figures of three female air force aviation regiments: the 586th fighter. At this time, the situation in the southern defense line of the Soviet Union deteriorated and reinforcements were urgently needed, so Laskova sent her first girls. The first is the first squadron of the 586th regiment. On April 16, 1942, they went to the front line of South Russia with Jacques fighters to make up for the lack of male flight in the Air Force Corps. Among the pilots of the first squadron, Lydia Danova and others had high hopes for Laskova, and later they became ace pilots and became the beautiful scenery of Stalingrad. The second is the 588th regiment. The head of the delegation, Besanskaya, is a good friend of Laskova. She said she would turn the regiment into a heroic regiment, and she didn't break her word. The regiment arrived in Ukraine on May 23rd and began to attack the Germans at night. Although they are flying an old Bo-2 biplane, the girls have made amazing achievements. Brave and careful female pilots drove Bo-2 into the German base in the dark, throwing bombs or strafing in the air, which made the enemy sleepless all night and uneasy. Of course, in many cases, because the model is too old, it is difficult for the regiment to cause substantial damage to the Germans. However, on the evening of October 25th, a bomb hit the oil depot at Amaville Airport, destroying several bombers of the 2nd Brigade of the German kg51 Bomber Wing, and then had to retreat from the front to the rear to rest. Because of its outstanding performance, the 588th Regiment was renamed the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Regiment, and it was proud to be a "Guards". Although the Germans were very angry with this women's group, they also gave it a famous nickname: "Night Witch". As for these "witches", Stan inhofe, the captain of the 2nd Brigade of jg52 United, wrote in his diary on September 2nd of that year: "We can hardly believe that the Soviet pilot who caused us so much trouble was actually a woman." These women are not afraid of anything. They fly those slow-flying planes all night. For a while, we couldn't sleep at all! "
landed on the Volga river [/s2/]. The news of the comrades' success encouraged Laskova, and he himself had the opportunity to attack. On November 22, 1942, Laskova served as the head of the 587th dive bomber regiment, entered the battlefield of Stalingrad, and devoted himself to the "century war" at the turning point of World War II. The arrival of the air force surprised many friendly flying troops fighting in Stalingrad. One reason is that its members are all women, and the other reason is that the Peter -2 bomber equipped by the regiment was not widely used in male dive bombers at that time. In repeated attacks, Laskova, the head of the regiment, took the lead and often went to Stalingrad, setting an example for his subordinates with practical actions. The battle of the Air Force Women's Air Force has gone down in history. In the most famous "No.3 Factory" campaign in Stalingrad street fighting, Laskova's men were responsible for attacking the deserted tractor factory, which was precisely under their precise bombing. When the war situation is tense, it is imperative to send all available Peter -2 bombers to the front. In addition to normal combat attacks, the frontline aviation aviation also undertakes the task of flying new aircraft from the second-tier airport to frontline base. On January 4th, 1943, Laskova carried out such a transshipment mission. She drove a Bi-2 and two BI-2s behind her to Stalingrad alone. However, tragedy happened. At this time, a snowstorm came unexpectedly. As the visibility dropped rapidly to zero, Laskova, who was exhausted in the fierce fighting in the past few days, tried to land the plane, but it crashed on the causeway on the west bank of the Volga River in the north of Stalingrad. Bi-2 turned into a fireball, thus ending the glorious life of Soviet hero Laskova.
During the war, comrades-in-arms held the highest standard funeral for her in a sad atmosphere. The headquarters posthumously awarded her the first-class medal of the Great Patriotic War; Many streets, squares, schools and children's palaces in Moscow and Kazan are named after her. According to Stalin's direct instructions, Laskova's ashes were placed on the walls of the Kremlin. ] More heroines Jay Laskova, a legendary flying girl, left in a hurry and died at the age of 3. But after she left, the story of the women's combat team of the Soviet Air Force initiated by her intensified and eventually became an immortal legend. The 587th dive bomber regiment she personally commanded won the title of "Guards" after her sacrifice, and her name was called "the 125th Laskova Guards dive bomber regiment". The regiment fought in Orey, Kursk, Smolensk, Vitebsk, borisov and Mazuri Lake. Due to its outstanding contribution to the liberation of borisov, the regiment was renamed as the "125th borisov Guards Dive Bomber Regiment in Laskova" and became one of the few aviation/ regiments with multiple honorary titles in the Soviet Air Force. During the war, the regiment dispatched 1134 planes and dropped 98 tons of bombs, creating five "Soviet heroes". The other two aviation regiments she founded also performed well. In the Great Patriotic War, the 586th Combat Group dispatched 4419 sorties, participated in 125 air raids and shot down 38 enemy planes. The 46th night bomber regiment of Taman Guards-Nightmare Women's Corps, attacked 24, sorties in wartime and dropped 3, tons, resulting in 24 "Soviet heroes", which became the battle group with the largest number of "Soviet heroes" in the entire Soviet Air Force during the Great Patriotic War. Laskova and all other outstanding women explained the true meaning of "women hold up half the sky" through struggle and sacrifice. Many countries in the allied camp expressed their sincere admiration when they learned that young women from the Soviet Union were flying planes to fight directly with the German Air Force. In the praise of people all over the world, a sentence from the French "Normandy-Niemann" battle group is the most touching: "Even if you can put all the flowers in the world under your feet, you can't express them."