Rufina Sergeyevna Gasheva (Russian: Руфина Сергеевна Гашева; 14 October 1921 – 1 May 2012) was a Soviet Polikarpov Po-2 navigator during World War II who served with the all-female 588th Night Bomber Regiment and recipient of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Postwar, she continued to serve and was a lecturer in foreign languages at the Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy before her retirement. After retiring, Gasheva worked in the Bureau of Foreign Military Literature at Voenizdat.
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14 October 1921 Verkhnechusovskiye Gorodki, Russia
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Died |
1 May 2012 (aged 90) Moscow, Russia
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Zodiac | Libra |
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