Call Sign, White Lily

Call Sign, White Lily is the ... story of the world's first female fighter pilot, the beautiful Russian born, Lilia Litvyak, 1921-1943...by 16 she had completed her first solo flight; and, by 18 she had trained some 40 male pilots. When Hitler invaded Russia, she became the first female fighter pilot to enter the Motherland's elite all-male 437th IAP. There she flew 168 missions, downed 15 Messersmitts, fell in love with and married her commanding officer, the handsome Captain Alexi Solomatin ... Lilia was shot down for a fourth and final time on August 12, 1943, 17 days shy of her 22nd birthday near the tiny village of Marinovka, in what we now know as the Eastern Ukraine.--Amazon.com description.

• | Author: M. G. Crisci
• | Publisher: Orca Publishing Company
• | Publication Date: Oct 10, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 323 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 0966336038
• | ISBN-13: 9780966336030