Tatiana Petrovna Makarova
Tatjana Petrovna Makarowa ( Russian Татьяна Петровна Макарова ; born September 25, 1920 in Moscow , † August 25, 1944 in Ostrołęka ) was a Soviet bomber pilot .
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 .
Tatiana Makarowa was shot down over Poland on her 628th mission.
Posthumously she was given the title Hero of the Soviet Union .
literature
- IV Rakobolskaja , NF Kravtsova: Нас называли ночными ведьмами . Moscow 2005 (Russian).
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Makarova, Tatiana Petrovna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Макарова, Татьяна Петровна (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet bomber pilot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1944 |
| Place of death | at Ostrołęka |