[1] When Victor Argun, the first male Abkhazian pilot,[3] came to recruit aviators, Avidzba initially missed the opportunity.

[4] In 1939, Avidzba joined the Military Medical Academy in Leningrad; when she heard that war was due to be declared she volunteered to transfer to the fighter aircraft training school in Perm.

[1] Here she was under the command of Polina Makogon and Lydia Svistunova, where she benefited from their instruction and was quickly undertaking solo combat missions.

[1] In September 1943, on a mission to bomb the port of Taman, Avidzba noticed that the Germans were relocating their forces – she reported the reconnaissance findings from her flight to her commanders, who welcomed and acted on this previously unknown intelligence.

[7] During the war, Avidzba flew 477 combat sorties, totalling over 1000 hours of time in the air and dropped 63 tonnes of bombs onto the enemy.

[citation needed] Her brother Koka was killed in the war, and she wrote to her parents about how her work as a pilot avenged his death.

[citation needed] Her military papers, flying scarf and other items from her career as pilot were donated by her to the Abkhaz State Museum.