Female Aces of WW2

Lavochkin La-5FN by JJ Boucher Lavochkin La-5FN by JJ Boucher

The Russians employed lots of female combat pilots during WW2

These four were Aces

or at least 2 of them, Budanova & Livjak, were officially recognized as being Aces ;^)

Katya Budanova

"Katya"

* Yekaterina Vasilyevna Budanova  * * *

(KIA 18jul43)

20 - 11  (6 + 5 OTG?)
Olga Yamshikova

Olga Nikolayevna Yamshikova

17 - 3  (3 + 14 OTG?)
Lilya Litvyak

the Official top Female Ace

"Lili" the "White Rose of Stalingrad"

* Lidya Vladimirovna Litvyak  * * * * *

(HoSU in 1990
   KIA  1aug43)

12  (+ 3 sh)(7 + 5 OTG?)
Klavdiya Fomicheva

Klavdiya Yakovlevna Fomicevova (Fomicheva) *    

(HoSU 18aug45)

11 (all shared ?)
     

Other Russian Women with Kills

 

Litvak's Yak
Litvak's Yak

Litvak in Actuin By Graham Ward
Lily's Yak in action by Gray Ward

Litvyak face shot

Litvyak with plane


Lilya poses for the cameras
   

Katya smiles for the cameras as well.
Looks like a Yak UT-2 trainer she's
standing on ...

 

Budanova face shot
Budanova on a Yak trainer

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