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One of two German pilots is believed to have shot down Litvyak: Iron Cross holder and 30-kill experte Fw. Hans-Jörg Merkle of 1./JG.52, or Knight's Cross holder and future 99-kill experte Lt Hans Schleef of 7./JG 3. Merkle is the only pilot that claimed a Yak-1 near Dmitryevka on 1 August 1943, his 30th victory. (Dmitrijewka is where she was ...
By 1991 she was already an instructor pilot at DOSAAF's Irkutsk club, and then back at Kurgan. Also in 1991, she became a member of the Russian national aerobatic team. In 1995 she graduated from Kaluga aeronautical technical school. [2] She lives in Moscow with her husband and two children. [1]
On 8 October 1941, Order number 0099 specified the creation of three women's regiments—all personnel from technicians to pilots would be entirely composed of women. The other two regiments were the 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment, which used Yak-1 fighters, and the 587th Bomber Aviation Regiment, which used twin engine Pe-2 dive bombers.
This unit consisted entirely of female pilots and was equipped with Yak-1. Initially, the women pilots were placed into three all-women units: the 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment, the 587th Dive Bomber Regiment, and the 588th Night Bomber Regiment. The 500 designations were originally meant to signify defense reserves.
This list of Russian and Soviet aviators includes the noteworthy aviators of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation.The majority of pilots listed here served in the Imperial Russian Air Force, the Soviet Air Force or the modern Russian Air Force (or continue to serve in the latter).
They were the only one of the three regiments to remain solely female throughout the war, a distinction they went to some lengths to maintain. Russian pilots and ground crew pose in front of a Pe-2 dive bomber at Poltava, June 1944. Marina Raskova died while flying this type of aircraft in a flying accident, near Stalingrad
Zinaïda Kokorina (1898–1980), Russian pilot and flight instructor, in 1925 became the world's first female military pilot Opal Kunz (1894–1967), founding member and first president of the Ninety-Nines ; founding member and first president of the Betsy Ross Air Corps ; as an instructor in the Civilian Pilot Training Program , she trained ...
This is a list of female Heroes of the Soviet Union; ... Co-pilot [2] Marina Raskova Марина Раскова Flight "Rodina" Major 2 November 1938: Navigator [3]