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Polina Gelman

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Soviet Air Force officer, Hero of the Soviet Union

PoliticiansLived 1919 to 2005 · aged 86
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Polina Vladimirovna Gelman was a flight navigator in the all-female 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment who was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in 1946 for having totaled 857 sorties during World War II.

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Memorial plaque commemorating the Heroes of the Soviet Union who studied at the Gomel Aero Club.Memorial plaque commemorating the Heroes of the Soviet Union who studied at the Gomel Aero Club.

Awards 26

1985Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
1956Order of the Red Star
1951Medal "For Battle Merit"
1946Hero of the Soviet Union
1946Order of Lenin
1945Order of the Red Banner
1945Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
1945Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"
1944Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
1944Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
1943Order of the Red Banner
1942Order of the Red Star
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 "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
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"
Zhukov Medal
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
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"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"

Connected to Polina 6

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Politicians
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Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 2005 · aged 86
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