To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer.Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. While there were no formal restrictions on women serving in combat roles, their applications tended to be blocked, run into red tape, etc.

- Anne Noggle (A Dance with Death) This photograph shows a line of young women- … Following a speech by Raskova on 8 September 194… Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Please try again later.Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code.If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the mapPlease check your email and click on the link to activate your account.Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. She received the first state funeral of the war. Raskova is credited with using her personal connections with Joseph Stalinto convince the military to form three combat regiments of women.

When World War II broke out, there were numerous women who had training as pilots and many immediately volunteered. Marina Raskova died when her bomber crashed in 1943. She became pilot-navigator purely by accid… Her death greatly affected the women of the regiments, She was given a hero's funeral, and her remains were interred in the Kremlin Wall, a place of high honor." To add a flower, click the “Leave a Flower” button.Family members linked to this person will appear here.Use the links under “See more…” to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc.Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. While there were no formal restrictions on women serving in combat roles, their applications tended to be blocked, run into red tape, etc.

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Please reset your password.This account has been disabled. The first woman to become a navigator in the Soviet Air Force, she set numerous flight records in the 1930s flying Soviet military aircraft. She later became one of over 800,000 women in the military service, founding three female air regiments which would eventually fly over 30,000 sorties in World War II. In 1919, when she was seven, her father died from the injuries inflicted as he was struck by a motorcycle.Raskova became a famous aviator as both a pilot and a navigator for the Soviet Union in the 1930s.

14595020, citing Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russia ; Maintained by Find A Grave .

She was posthumously awarded the Order of Patriotic War 1st Class and the regiments she created continued to serve for the duration of the war. The entire crew was killed in the crash, after the war she was the first to received a first state funeral.