Yekaterina Budanova
(1916-1943)
Soviet fighter pilot
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Yekaterina Vasilyevna Budanova (Russian: Екатерина Васильевна Буданова), nicknamed Katya (Катя), (6 December 1916 – 19 July 1943), was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. With five air victories, along with Lydia Litvyak, she was 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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Yekaterina Vasylievna Budanova 6 December 1916 Konoplanka, Smolensk Oblast
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| Died |
19 July 1943 (aged 26) Novokrasnovka
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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