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1942: Based on the true story of a female-only bomber battalion
We Fly Beneath the Stars
What you need to know before your trail
When the love of Tasha’s life, Luca, joins the air force to fight against the evil Nazi invaders, she knows she has to follow her heart—and him—into battle. Headstrong, impulsive and a daredevil, she’s the perfect recruit.
Tasha’s sensible older sister Nadia plans only to stop Tasha’s madness and bring her home. But a chance encounter puts her in a plane, soaring above the clouds, and she also finds her calling.
Underestimated by their superiors, Nadia and her sister find themselves in airplanes barely fit to fly, being sent on perilous missions with little hope of return. But before long their battalion is being nicknamed ‘the Night Witches’ by the Nazis, their ownership of the skies second to none.
But danger is up in the storm clouds with them, and when both sisters are shot down behind Nazi enemy lines, and taken to a brutal prison camp, they expect to never see their beloved homeland again.
Until Tasha’s eyes meet across the wire fence with someone she never expected to see again: the love of her life, Luca.
But with love comes peril… Will one sister have to sacrifice everything to save the other?
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First Female Bomber Batallion
The story is heavily inspired by the women’s batallions formed in Russia in the spring of 1917.
The Russian Ministry of War authorized the creation of sixteen separate all-female military formations. The war was still ongoing and the fatigue through the ranks was starting to show through. These women, along with a number of high-ranking members of the Russian government and military administration, believed that female soldiers would have significant propaganda value, and would help the weary and demoralized men of the Russian army.
It was also hoped that the presence of women would shame hesitant male soldiers into resuming their combat duties.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: We Fly Beneath the Stars
Destination: Kansas Author/guide: Suzanne Kelman Departure Time: 1917, 1985
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