# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lydia-litvyak
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:20:58.013Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lydia-litvyak"
name: "Lydia Litvyak"
slug: "lydia-litvyak"
description: "Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak, also known as Lilya, was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. Historians' estimates for her total victories range from thirteen to fourteen solo victories and four to five shared kills in her 66 combat sorties.\nIn about two years of operations, she was the first female fighter pilot to shoot down an enemy aircraft, the first of two female fighter pilots who have earned the title of fighter ace and the holder of the record for the greatest number of kills by a female fighter pilot. She was shot down near Orel during the Battle of Kursk as she attacked a formation of German aircraft."
tagline: "Soviet flying ace"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Russia_stamp_2021_%E2%84%96_2761.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1921-08-18"
deathDate: "1943-08-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.68
  momentum:             0.5251641137855579
  historical:           22.03954533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11128830/"
    handle:    "nm11128830"
sources:
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    title: "Lidija Litwiak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "ليديا ليتفياك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليديا ليتڤياك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Литвяк Лидия Владимировна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Лидия Литвяк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lídia Litviak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lidija Vladimirovna Litvjaková"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lidija Wladimirowna Litwjak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Λύντια Λιτβιάκ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lydia Litvyak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lidia Litviak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لیدیا لیتویاک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidija_Litvjak"
    title: "Lidija Litvjak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidia_Litviak"
    title: "Lidia Litviak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidia_Litviak"
    title: "Lidia Litviak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "לידיה ליטביאק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Litvyak"
    title: "Lydia Litvyak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidija_Litvjak"
    title: "Lidija Litvjak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "リディア・リトヴァク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "리디아 리트뱌크"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Лидија Литвјак"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidija_Litvjak"
    title: "Lidija Litvjak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231376"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump