Yevgenia Maximovna Rudneva
Yevgenia Maximowna Rudnewa ( Russian Евгения Максимовна Руднева ; born December 24, 1920 in Berdyansk ; † April 9, 1944 near Kerch ) was a Soviet bomber pilot .
Life
During the Second World War , she did military service with the night witches , which consisted of women only , who flew combat missions at night with simple Polikarpow Po-2 biplanes .
Yevgenia Rudneva was shot down on her 645th mission.
Posthumously she was given the title Hero of the Soviet Union . The asteroid (1907) Rudneva is named after her.
literature
- Irina Rakobolskaja : Пока стучит сердце. Дневники и письма Героя Советского Союза Евгении Рудневой. Moscow 1958.
Web links
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SURNAME | Rudnewa, Yevgenia Maximovna |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Руднева, Евгения Максимовна (Russian spelling) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet bomber pilot |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1920 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berdyansk |
DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 1944 |
Place of death | near Kerch |