Serafima was born in central Siberia on 20 August 1914 to a working-class family; her father worked at the local Chernorechenskaya railway depot. Her grandfather, Anton Amosov, had moved to Siberia in the late 19th century from Byelorussia. With dreams of becoming a pilot, she entered the OSOAVIAHIM but crashed her glider on the day she was due to graduate flight training. After recovering from her injuries she attended the Tambov Aviation School. In 1936 she graduated with honors and received her pilot's license.
During World War II Serafima was enlisted with the "Night Witches", an all-female unit that flew biplanes made of plywood and lacking radar, guns, radios and parachutes. This unit flew over 30,000 missions; Serafima flew 555. She was deployed to the Southern Front as a squadron commander in the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, later renamed as the 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment in 1943.
Not long after the end of the war, she married fellow airforce pilot Ivan Taranenko. Their daughter died in the earthquake of 1948. Serafima worked as a magazine editor and raised three sons.
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During World War II Serafima was enlisted with the "Night Witches", an all-female unit that flew biplanes made of plywood and lacking radar, guns, radios and parachutes. This unit flew over 30,000 missions; Serafima flew 555. She was deployed to the Southern Front as a squadron commander in the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, later renamed as the 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment in 1943.
Not long after the end of the war, she married fellow airforce pilot Ivan Taranenko. Their daughter died in the earthquake of 1948. Serafima worked as a magazine editor and raised three sons.
~ Wikipedia
Contributor: LMafera (48395226) • [email protected]
Serafima was born in central Siberia on 20 August 1914 to a working-class family; her father worked at the local Chernorechenskaya railway depot. Her grandfather, Anton Amosov, had moved to Siberia in the late 19th century from Byelorussia. With dreams of becoming a pilot, she entered the OSOAVIAHIM but crashed her glider on the day she was due to graduate flight training. After recovering from her injuries she attended the Tambov Aviation School. In 1936 she graduated with honors and received her pilot's license.
During World War II Serafima was enlisted with the "Night Witches", an all-female unit that flew biplanes made of plywood and lacking radar, guns, radios and parachutes. This unit flew over 30,000 missions; Serafima flew 555. She was deployed to the Southern Front as a squadron commander in the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, later renamed as the 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment in 1943.
Not long after the end of the war, she married fellow airforce pilot Ivan Taranenko. Their daughter died in the earthquake of 1948. Serafima worked as a magazine editor and raised three sons.
~ Wikipedia
Contributor: LMafera (48395226) • [email protected]
During World War II Serafima was enlisted with the "Night Witches", an all-female unit that flew biplanes made of plywood and lacking radar, guns, radios and parachutes. This unit flew over 30,000 missions; Serafima flew 555. She was deployed to the Southern Front as a squadron commander in the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, later renamed as the 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment in 1943.
Not long after the end of the war, she married fellow airforce pilot Ivan Taranenko. Their daughter died in the earthquake of 1948. Serafima worked as a magazine editor and raised three sons.
~ Wikipedia
Contributor: LMafera (48395226) • [email protected]
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