Yekaterina Vasilievna Budanova

Yekaterina Vasilievna Budanova was one of rare the fighter pilots female who fought in the rows E the Red Army during the Second world war. With its colleague, Lydia Litvak, one of the 2 larger Ace women of the History.

Career

One has little information over his first years. " Katerina" , as had habit to call it its male fellow-members, took part in the Bataille of Stalingrad in the rows of the 9.GuIAP (= regiment of air hunting of the Garde). During the Printemps 1943 it was transferred to the 296.IAP (which had at the summer of the same year being renamed 73.GuIAP ), which served on the Southern Front . At the beginning June 1943, it counted already 6 victories approved with its prize list. It took then share with the engagements for the release of the area of the Donbass and it is at the time of the one of these aerial combats which took place, in July 1943, meadows of Rostov on the Gift which it was to be shot down and killed.

Prize list and decorations

Prize list:
It was credited with 11 approved victories , all individual .

Decorations:
Order of the Red Flag;
Order of the Patriotic War of 1° and 2° class.

It is surprising that within sight of its successes and of its statute, it was not promoted Héros of the Soviet Union, contrary to many his female comrades which fought in escadrilles of bombardment, exclusively made up women.

Bibliography and sources

Divided into volumes Polak and C. Shores: Stalin' S Falcons - Gubb Street, London

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