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The photo shows Nadezhda Popova who flew Po-2s for the 46th Guards Night
Bomber Regiment during WW2. Popova, who was awarded the title of Hero of the
Soviet Union, died this week aged 91.

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The photo shows Nadezhda Popova who flew Po-2s for the 46th Guards
Night Bomber Regiment during WW2. Popova, who was awarded the title
of Hero of the Soviet Union, died this week aged 91.



Thanks for posting!

On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 00:30:46 +0100, Netko
wrote:


The photo shows Nadezhda Popova who flew Po-2s for the 46th Guards Night
Bomber Regiment during WW2. Popova, who was awarded the title of Hero of the
Soviet Union, died this week aged 91.

I hope she had a good and fulfilling life.

The Flying Heritage Collection in Everett, Washington state, USA
operates a Po-2 painted in the markings of the 46th Guards Night
Bomber Regiment.

Bob ^,,^

On 12/07/2013 00:30, Netko wrote:

The photo shows Nadezhda Popova who flew Po-2s for the 46th Guards Night
Bomber Regiment during WW2. Popova, who was awarded the title of Hero of the
Soviet Union, died this week aged 91.


Thank you for posting that Netko, here's a full obituary from a UK
newspaper:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obit...da-Popova.html

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