Evdokija Andreevna Nikulina
Evdokiya Andreyevna Nikulina (called Dina Nikulina; Russian Евдокия Андреевна Никулина ; born November 8 . Jul / 21 November 1917 greg. In Parfjonowo , Kaluga oblast ; † 23. March 1993 in Rostov-on-Don ) was a Soviet commercial pilot and Parteifunktionärin .
Dina Nikulina was a commercial pilot in Smolensk when she signed up for military service during World War II . She became the squadron captain of the women-only night witches , who flew combat missions at night with simple Polikarpow Po-2 biplanes .
Nikulina flew 774 sorties and was named Hero of the Soviet Union . She returned from military service as a major and became a party functionary in Rostov-on-Don.
literature
- IV Rakobolskaja , NF Kravtsova: Нас называли ночными ведьмами . Moscow 2005 (Russian).
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| SURNAME | Nikulina, Evdokija Andreevna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nikulina, Dina; Никулина, Евдокия Андреевна (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet bomber pilot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Parfjonowo , Kaluga Oblast |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1993 |
| Place of death | Rostov on Don |