Valentina Stepanovna Grisodubova
Valentina Grizodubova ( Russian Валентина Степановна Гризодубова , scientific. Transliteration Valentina Stepanovna Grizodubova ; April * 27 . Jul / 10. May 1909 greg. In Kharkov , Russian Empire (now Ukraine ); † 28. April 1993 in Moscow ) was a Soviet Aviator and Officer (Colonel). Her father was the aircraft designer and inventor Stepan Wassiljewitsch Grisodubow .
Life
Although she completed her piano studies at a conservatory, she joined the Penza Aviation Club in 1927 and completed her pilot training in 1929 alongside her matriculation test. Then she worked for several years at the flying school in Tula as an instructor. In 1936 she joined the Soviet army and worked there as a flight instructor. In addition, she worked in the propaganda squadron "Maxim Gorki" , where she flew the U-2 "Robotnika ".
In 1937 she set her first women's world record together with Marina Raskowa as a navigator . The two women completed a non-stop flight of 1,443 kilometers. In October of the same year, an altitude record of 3267 meters followed with a UT-1 . On July 2, 1938, she flew with Vera Lomako , Polina Ossipenko and Marina Raskowa in an MP-1 flying boat from Sevastopol to Arkhangelsk .
On 24./25. September 1938 won Valentina Grisodubowa as a commander with an ANT-37 "Rodina" together with Marina Raskowa and Polina Ossipenko a distance world record on a straight of 5908.610 km on the distance Moscow - Sea of Okhotsk . The aircraft was in the air for 26½ hours. For this, on November 2, 1938, the three female pilots were the first women in Soviet history to be awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union .
In 1941 she joined the CPSU and at the beginning of the war worked in a z. b. V. transport unit flights to supply partisans to the enemy hinterland. In March 1942 she became the commander of a bomber squadron, taking part in over 200 enemy flights herself. In 1943 she was initially withdrawn from the front and commanded the 101st Air Transport Regiment. After 1946 she was active in civil aviation and worked on NII number 17. As a test pilot, she checked radar devices that were developed at this institute. From 1963 to 1972 she was head of the NII-17, from 1972 deputy head of the NII for avionics and aircraft equipment in Moscow.
She received other medals, such as the Order of Lenin on January 6, 1986 . During the first legislative period she was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet . During her active pilot career, she completed a total of 18,000 flight hours.
Spellings
The Ukrainian spelling of the name is Walentyna Stepaniwna Hrysodubowa ( Валентина Степанівна Гризодубова ).
literature
- Wilfried Copenhagen : Lexicon Soviet Aviation. Elbe – Dnjepr, Klitzschen 2007, ISBN 978-3-933395-90-0 .
Web links
- Article Valentina Stepanovna Grisodubowa in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- Biography , Geroi strany (Russian)
- OA Shushakov: Grisodubowa Valentina Stepanovna , Samizdat (Самиздат), June 30, 2010 (Russian)
- Heroine of the Soviet Union Valentina Grisodubova Film (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinz Machatscheck: From the history of Soviet aviation: Life and achievements of famous female pilots in Flieger Jahrbuch 1980, Transpress, Berlin 1979, p. 128
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grisodubova, Valentina Stepanovna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Гризодубова, Валентина Степановна (Russian); Hrysodubowa, Walentyna Stepanivna (Ukrainian); Grizodubova, Valentina Stepanovna (scientific transliteration) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet pilot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kharkiv , Ukraine |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 28, 1993 |
| Place of death | Moscow |