Nina Maksimovna Raspopova (Russian: Нина Максимовна Распопова; 31 December [O.S. 18 December] 1913 – 2 July 2009) was a pilot and flight commander in the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment during World War II. Among many close calls with death, she twice survived being shot down in a Po-2 biplane. For her actions in the war she was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 15 May 1946.
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31 December 1913 Magdagachi, Russia
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Died |
2 July 2009 (aged 95) Mytishchi, Russia
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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