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FIGITER PILOT.
Sasian Gir's Success in Action.
LONDON. Aprlr19.--Beters cor
in Moscow says that
nn Bdauno?, 25-year-Old
Rizsstan girl air ace, Is spending her
first leave In Moscow. This brown
haiie good-lookin slip of a girl
her prowess In the battle for Stalin
grad. She was 1 of 3 airwoman
who fought air battles from the
early days of August to the surren
der of Marshal Paulus. She shot
down 3 German planes single
handed and 3 more In a group at
tack
Her latest. fighting has been near
lostor, on the Don front. She told
m .that the Russian men pilots at
first 'vewed airwomen with dis
trust which was dispelled after the
rst operational ight. "he men
now know that we are most reliable,
laoyal and tough," she said.
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