Olga Yamshchikova
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Native name | Ольга Ямщикова |
Born | 6 June [O.S. 24 May] 1914 |
Died | 31 July 1982 (aged 68) |
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Rank | Colonel |
Unit | 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment |
Awards | Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class |
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Olga Nikolaevna Yamshchikova (Russian: Ольга Николаевна Ямщикова; 1914–1982) was Soviet fighter pilot squadron commander during World War II who became a test pilot after the war; she has been credited with as many as three shootdowns in World War II.[1][2] During her postwar aviation career she became the first woman to fly the MiG-19.[3]
Awards
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1960)
- Order of the Patriotic War 1st class (1947)
- Two Order of the Red Star (1943 and 1953)
- campaign and jubilee medals
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See also
- Nina Rusakova
- Marina Popovich
References
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Soviet female fighter pilots of World War II
- Lydia Litvyak
- Yekaterina Budanova
- Raisa Belyaeva
- Galina Burdina
- Klavdiya Blinova
- Antonina Lebedeva
- Valeriya Khomyakova
- Mariya Kuznetsova
- Klavdiya Nechaeva
- Tamara Pamyatnykh
- Yevgeniya Prokhorova
- Zuleykha Seyidmammadova
- Raisa Surnachevskaya
- Olga Yamshchikova