Vera Lukjanovna Belik
Wera Lukjanowna Belik ( Russian Вера Лукьяновна Белик , Ukrainian Віра Бєлік / Wira Bjelik ; born June 12, 1921 in Ochrimiwka (Jakymiwka) ; † August 25, 1944 near Zambrów ) was a Soviet bomber pilot .
Wera Belik studied at the Moscow Pedagogical University . 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 .
Wera Belik was shot down over Poland on her 813th mission.
Posthumously she was given the title Hero of the Soviet Union .
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| SURNAME | Belik, Vera Lukjanovna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Белик, Вера Лукьяновна (Russian spelling); Бєлік, Віра (Ukrainian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet bomber pilot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Okhrimivka (Jakymiwka) |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1944 |
| Place of death | near Zambrów |