Battlefields #9

Because of staggering losses, Anna is assigned six new female pilots, all scarcely trained to fly, barely introduced to the fighter plane, and with no preparation for combat. She grounds them all, but while she and Golovyachev are fighting the new political officer orders them up. Anna and the colonel set off to find them, but he is killed, forcing her to face the truth that she no longer wants to be alone. She finds her pilots, who have hung back because of fear, talks them into formation, and leads them home.