# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yekaterina-budanova
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:28:45.155Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yekaterina-budanova"
name: "Yekaterina Budanova"
slug: "yekaterina-budanova"
description: "Yekaterina Vasilyevna Budanova, nicknamed Katya (Катя), was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. Usually credited with five or more aerial victories, along with Lydia Litvyak, she is often considered one of the world's two female fighter aces. She was shot down by either Luftwaffe ace Georg Schwientek of JG 52 or ace Emil Bitsch, of JG 3."
tagline: "Soviet fighter pilot (1916-1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Komsomolskaya-Pravda-77-1943-03-31-all_(page_4_crop)_1.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1916-12-06"
deathDate: "1943-07-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.93568933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yekaterina_Budanova"
    title: "Yekaterina Budanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "يكاترينا بودانوفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "يكاترينا بودانوفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%91%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0"
    title: "Екатерина Буданова"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A0tia_Bud%C3%A0nova"
    title: "Kàtia Budànova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jekat%C4%9Brina_Vasiljevna_Budanov%C3%A1"
    title: "Jekatěrina Vasiljevna Budanová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jekaterina_Wassiljewna_Budanowa"
    title: "Jekaterina Wassiljewna Budanowa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B9%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%B2%CE%B1"
    title: "Γιεκατερίνα Μπουντάνοβα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekaterina_Bud%C3%A1nova"
    title: "Ekaterina Budánova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "یکاترینا بودانوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katja_Budanova"
    title: "Katja Budanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iekaterina_Boudanova"
    title: "Iekaterina Boudanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekaterina_Budanova"
    title: "Ekaterina Budanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%91%D7%94"
    title: "יקטרינה בודנובה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yekaterina Budanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekaterina_Budanova"
    title: "Ekaterina Budanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "エカテリーナ・ブダノワ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jekatierina_Budanowa"
    title: "Jekatierina Budanowa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yekaterina_Budanova"
    title: "Yekaterina Budanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%95%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Буданова, Екатерина Васильевна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarina_Vasiljevna_Budanova"
    title: "Katarina Vasiljevna Budanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%91%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0"
    title: "Јекатерина Буданова"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katja_Budanova"
    title: "Katja Budanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yekaterina_Budanova"
    title: "Yekaterina Budanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Буданова Катерина Василівна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2272741"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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