[3][2] She received her first Order of the Red Banner in September that same year after making several combat sorties in heavy autumn fog.

[4] Throughout the war Sumarokova took part in offensives over Kuban, Crimea, the Caucasus, Taman, Krasnodar, Belarus, and the Baltics.

By the end of the war she totaled 725 combat sorties, dropping 108 tonnes of bombs, more than half of which she navigated for Mariya Smirnova.

[5][6][7] Nominated for the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 10 May 1945, she never received the title – despite opinions in favor of awarding her it from several high-ranking military officers reviewing the nomination including Konstantin Vershinin and Konstantin Rokossovsky; she was subsequently awarded an Order of the Patriotic War 1st class instead.

[8] Upon entering the reserve in October 1945 due to the end of the war and went on to study editorializing and publishing at the Moscow State University of Printing Arts.