Red sky, black death
Subtitle: a Soviet woman pilot's memoir of the Eastern Front
By: Anna Timofeyeva-Yegorova ; translated by Margarita Ponomariova & Kim Green ; edited by Kim Green.
Publisher: Slavica Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bloomington, Ind
Language: eng; rus
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780893573553
Subjects: Timofeeva-Egorova, A. A; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Soviet; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Soviet; Fighter pilots -- Soviet Union -- Biography; Women air pilots -- Soviet Union -- Biography; Geroĭ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za -- Biography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female
Genres: Personal narratives, Soviet.; Biography.
Work titles: I︠A︡--"Bereza"--Kak slyshite meni︠a︡?
Description: "Born in a tiny village amidst revolution and civil war, Anna Yegorova came of age during the grimmest years of Soviet power. An optimistic and resolute young patriot, she saw hope and vision in the nascent superpower's ideology. She volunteered to help build Moscow. And she took to the skies and learned to fly. But when Germany's 1941 invasion shook Russia to its core, Yegorova joined her fellow pilots in the bloodiest war zone in human history, flying hair-raising reconnaissance missions in a wooden biplane. She became a flight leader in the famously deadly "Shturmovik" ground-attack aircraft, guiding her comrades in furious air battles along the Southern front. Eventually shot down and captured near Warsaw, Yegorova survived five months in a Nazi concentration camp. After the war, she was welcomed home with suspicion and persecution by the notorious Soviet secret police. Amid the epic catastrophe of Russia's "Great Patriotic War" and her own personal tragedies, Yegorova's story is also one of joy, camaraderie among soldiers and pilots and the quiet satisfaction of defending one's country, all against a backdrop of love for the freedom of flight. In 1965, Yegorova was awarded the illustrious "Hero of the Soviet Union", then Moscow's highest honor"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.