Raisa Surnachevskaya

Squadron Commander, Raisa Surnachevskaya, a Soviet World War II fighter pilot, was, according to Jonathan Glancy in the Guardian (and see also Open Society Archives, "Girl for a whirl in space"), "surely the only pregnant frontline pilot in the history of combat."

Surnachevskaya was one of "Stalin's Falcons", and a woman. Glancy quotes Surnachevskaya saying, "We didn't know we were special". Surnachevskaya is remembered above some of her comrades because of the iconic photo taken of her.