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Show Russia Pays Honor to Four Great Women Fliers MOSCOW. The role women play in the Red. air force was illustrated in the announcement of the award of the title Hero of the Soviet Union to four women fliers from 20 to 25 years of age. They were Major Evdokia Diku-lieea, Diku-lieea, who, a citation said, took part in 800 sorties at night; Captain Maria Smirnova, who flew 3,260 sorties, sor-ties, 805 of them at night; Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Evdokia Pasko, a navigator who flew 780 sorties, and Lieutenant Evgenia Rudneva, a navigator who participated in 3,500 sorties before being killed. |