The 125th Borisov Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment named after Marina Raskova (Russian: 125-й гвардейский бомбардировочный авиационный Борисовский полк имени М. Расковой, romanized: 125-y gvardeyskiy bombardirovochnyy aviatsionnyy Borisovskiy polk imeni M. Raskovoy) was one of the three Soviet women's aviation regiments founded by Marina Raskova at the start of the Second World War.
Throughout the course of the war, the unit flew 1,134 missions and dropped over 980 tons of bombs on the Axis.
[3] Five members of the unit were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for their service in the war: Mariya Dolina, Galina Dzhunkovskaya, Nadezhda Fedutenko, Klavdia Fomicheva, and Antonina Zubkova.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union one member of the regiment, Valentina Kravchenko, was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation in 1995.
[1] In addition, navigator Galina Brok-Beltsova became the last living member of the women's aviation units founded by Raskova.