Ekaterina Vasilyevna Budanova

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Jekaterina Wassiljewna Budanowa ( Russian Екатерина Васильевна Буданова , born December 7, 1916 in Konopljanka , Smolensk Governorate , Russian Empire ; † July 19, 1943 near Novokrasnowka , Lugansk Oblast , Ukrainian socialist Soviet fighter republic ) .

biography

After graduating from school, Budanova went to Moscow and initially worked in a factory in Fili . Later she learned to fly at an air sports club and then worked as a flight instructor herself.

In September 1941 she learned to operate a Yak-1 aircraft in Saratov and was assigned to the 586th fighter regiment, which consisted of women only. On April 15, 1942, Budanova defended Saratov in an air battle. On September 10th she switched to the 437th Fighter Regiment. On October 2, Budanova, along with other Soviet fighter pilots, thwarted the bombing of a train station by a group of German Ju-88 bombers while on patrol in the Volgograd region . On October 6th, Budanova achieved her first individual aerial victory. In November she shot down two Bf-109 planes and was promoted to lieutenant .

In January 1943 she was transferred to the 73rd Guard Fighter Regiment and fought alongside Lidija Litwjak in air battles over Stalingrad . On February 23, Budanova was awarded the Order of the Red Star . After further aerial victories, she was awarded the Order of the Great Patriotic War, 1st class, in June . She died on July 19 when she was defeated by three Bf 109s in an aerial battle near the village of Novokrasnovka near Antrazit . She was buried on the outskirts of the village of Novokrasnovka. After Budanova's death, the Soviet command suggested granting her the title Hero of the Soviet Union , but she never received this award.

In total, Budanova had completed 266 dogfights and achieved 5 collective and 6 individual successes. With eleven kills, she is the second most successful Soviet fighter pilot (after Lidija Litwjak). On October 1, 1993, she was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation “for courage and heroism in the Great Patriotic War”.

There is a plaque dedicated to Budanova on the building of a middle school in Filjowski Park . A street in Kunzewo is also named after her.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Буданова Екатерина Васильевна. warheroes.ru, accessed April 15, 2015 .
  2. ↑ George Mellinger: Yakovlev Aces of World War 2 . Osprey Publishing, 2012, ISBN 1-78200-553-6 , pp. 83 .
  3. ↑ Lois K. Merry: Women Military Pilots of World War II . McFarland, 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-5768-7 , pp. 168 (English).
  4. ^ Shayler David, Ian A. Moule: Women in Space . Springer Science & Business Media, 2006, ISBN 1-84628-078-8 , pp. 38 .
  5. ↑ Steven A. Ruffin: Aviation's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Winged Wonders, Lucky Landings, and Other Aerial Oddities . Potomac Books, Inc., 2005, ISBN 1-59797-444-7 , pp. 154 .
  6. ^ Bernard A. Cook: Women and War: A Historical Encyclopedia from Antiquity to the Present . ABC-CLIO, 2006, ISBN 1-85109-770-8 , pp. 379 (English).
  7. ↑ Мемориальная доска в Москве. warheroes.ru, accessed April 15, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Budanowa, Jekaterina Wassiljewna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Буданова, Екатерина Васильевна (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet fighter pilot
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Konopljanka (Vyazma)
DATE OF DEATH July 19, 1943
Place of death Novokrasnovka