Yekaterina Budanova
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yekaterina Vasylievna Budanova (Cyrillic: ), also known as Katya Budanova ( ), (7 December 1916 19 July 1943), was a female fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. With 11 air victories, she was one of the world's two female fighter aces along with Lydia Litvyak. She was born into a peasant family in Konoplanka village in Smolensk Oblast. Working in an aircraft factory in Moscow, she became interested in aviation and entered an aeroclub where she received her pilot training. She served as a flight instructor starting in 1937. She a...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yekaterina Vasylievna Budanova (Cyrillic: ), also known as Katya Budanova ( ), (7 December 1916 19 July 1943), was a female fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. With 11 air victories, she was one of the world's two female fighter aces along with Lydia Litvyak. She was born into a peasant family in Konoplanka village in Smolensk Oblast. Working in an aircraft factory in Moscow, she became interested in aviation and entered an aeroclub where she received her pilot training. She served as a flight instructor starting in 1937. She also took part in several air parades, flying the single-seater Yakovlev UT-1. After the German attack on the USSR in June 1941, she enlisted in military aviation. She was assigned to the 586th Fighter Regiment (586 IAP), formed by Marina Raskova. This unit consisted entirely of female pilots. She flew her first combat missions in April 1942 over Saratov.
