Zinaida Kokorina, against the odds and through the intervention of the Soviet head of state, became the first female military pilot on this day in 1924.
She wanted to become a fighter pilot, but was persuaded to remain a flight instructor, which she did through World War Two. She later became headmistress of a village school at Cholpon-Ata in Kyrgyzstan before retiring to Moscow.
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