Information on the temporary assignment of pilots and crews from the 1st Squadron, 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment (APVO) to VVS in September 1942 will be added here.
Pilots: Raisa Beliaeva, Ekaterina Budanova, Klavdiia Blinova, Antonina Lebedeva, Lilia Litviak, Maria Kuznetsova, Klavdiia Nechaeva, Ol'ga Shakhova. A ninth pilot, Anna Demchenko, apparently arrived somewhat later.
Mechanics and armorers included: Aleksandra Eskina, Mariia Konkina, Valentina Krasnoshchekova, Zoia Mal’kova, Sofiia Osipova, Inna Pleshchivtseva [Pasportnikova], Nina Shebalina, Valentina Skachkova, Faina Tkachenko
Litviak, Budanova, Kuznetsova at Stalingrad, September 1942
Sources:
Ovchinnikova, L. P. Zhenshchiny V Soldatskikh Shineliakh. Volgograd: Nizhne-Volzhskoe, 1987, pp 1-48.
Pennington, Reina. "Women and the Battle of Stalingrad." In Russia: War, Peace and Diplomacy - Essays in Honour of John Erickson, edited by Mark Erickson and Ljubica Erickson, 169-211. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005.