Zuleykha Seyidmammadova

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Zuleykha Seyidmammadova ( Azerbaijani Züleyxa Seyidməmmədova ; born March 22, 1919  in Baku ; † 1999 ibid) was one of the first female military pilots from Azerbaijan during the Second World War with Leyla Mammadbeyova .

Seyidmammadova was born in Baku on March 22, 1919. She obtained her pilot's license in 1935 at the Baku Aeroclub and later at a flight school in Zhukovsky near Moscow. During the Second World War she flew as a fighter pilot in one of the three squadrons founded by Marina Raskova with female pilots. With the Yak-9 she flown , she had over 500 missions and was involved in 40 aerial battles.

She died in Baku in 1999.

Orders and awards

Individual evidence

  1. ^ (Russian) The Proprietress of the Sky by I. Gadirova. Nash Vek. May 7, 2004. Retrieved June 6, 2007
  2. Züleyxa Seyidməmmədova.
  3. Vladimir Puchkov: "Небесные сестры" Востока (Russian) . In: Moscow-Baku.ru . Retrieved February 12, 2018.