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The Lady Aces of WW2

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

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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
(KIA  1aug43,
 HoSU in 1990)   *

12  (+ 3 sh)(7 + 5 OTG?)
Klavdiya Fomicheva
Klavdiya Yakovlevna Fomicevova (Fomicheva) *     (HoSU 18aug45)

11 (all shared ?)
     

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Other Russian Women with Kills

 

Litvak's Yak
Litvak's Yak

 

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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Related Sites

Pilotinnen
Soviet Female Pilots
 

IL2 Stormovik
The heavily armored IL2 Stormovik was commonly known as the Flying Tank

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The photos on this page came from books I borrowed from the library. I do not remember the names unfortunately.

 

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