: Its handling allowed pilots to be exceptionally accurate, with some famously able to "plant a bomb down a chimney stack".
: Squadrons of women pilots, such as those led by Maria Dolina, famously flew the Pe-2 in critical battles like the liberation of Borisov. Legacy of the Peshka Pe-2 Peshka Dive Bomber | World War II Database
The story of the , famously nicknamed the " Peshka " (Pawn), is one of the most remarkable tales of aviation history, beginning not in a high-tech lab, but inside a Soviet prison. The Prison Design Bureau