Yekaterina Budanova
Soviet fighter pilot (1916-1943) · Died at 26
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Something wrong?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.
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Yakovlev UT-1: Katya Budanova flew this type of aircraft in several air parades over Moscow before the Great Patriotic War
Yak-1 fighters, the type flown by Budanova during World War II, lined up on an airfield in 1941
Bf 110; Budanova shot down two aircraft of this type on 10 December 1942, her first double killAwards
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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.
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