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Natalya Meklin

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Hero of the Soviet Union (1922-2005)

Lived 1922 to 2005 · aged 82
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Natalya Fyodorovna Kravtsova née Meklin was a flight commander in the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, one of the three women's aviation regiments founded by Marina Raskova after the German invasion of the Soviet Union. The regiment later came to be known as the "Night Witches" by German targets.

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Meklin (right) and Irina Sebrova by a Po-2, 1943Meklin (right) and Irina Sebrova by a Po-2, 1943

Awards 23

1945Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Badge of Honour
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
Order of the Red Star
Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Zhukov Medal
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "For Battle Merit"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Badge "25 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"

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About this person

Natalya Fyodorovna Kravtsova née Meklin was a flight commander in the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, one of the three women's aviation regiments founded by Marina Raskova after the German invasion of the Soviet Union. The regiment later came to be known as the "Night Witches" by German targets. She was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in February 1945 for completing 840 sorties and gained significant publicity.

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deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2005 · aged 82
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