"Air" - Russian feature film

[cuprum]

Trailer:


In the fall of 1941, on the initiative of Hero of the Soviet Union Marina Raskova, who had received support from Stalin, it was decided to form three volunteer women's air regiments – the 586th fighter (Yak-1 aircraft), the 587th bomber (Pe-2 aircraft) and the 588th night bomber (Po-2 aircraft). The 586th regiment belonged to the air defense forces.

In September 1942, at the insistence of Raskova, as well as the female pilots themselves, a group of the best pilots of the 586th regiment was sent to the front near Stalingrad, at the disposal of the 434th air regiment, where the girls showed themselves excellently in air battles. Unfortunately, many of them died. The most successful of them was Lidiya Litvyak, who shot down 10 enemy aircraft in air battles.
The film does not follow historical events exactly. The scene of action of the female pilots was moved to the area of besieged Leningrad, where they were entrusted with air protection of the "Road of Life" (an ice road laid into the besieged city along the ice of Lake Ladoga).

[Tom Dulski]

 Looks good, are the Russians the only ones still making epic WW2 movies?

[Schogun]

Does the movie include the Night Witches?

[cuprum]

No, only girls who fought in fighter planes are shown here.