Lieutenant Anna A. Timofyeyevna Yegorova was a Il-2 Shturmovik pilot throughout the Great Patriotic War, and was decorated for valor three times. One of these decoratitions was the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union. She was the navigator of the 305th Air Regiment, took part in fightings aboard the Il-2 combat aircraft over the Taman Peninsula, Small Land, Blue Line of Hitlerite Defense and Poland.