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Yekaterina Vasylievna Budanova, also known as
Katya Budanova (
Екатерина Васильевна Буданова), (b.
December 7,
1916 - d.
July 19,
1943), was a
female fighter pilot in the
Soviet Air Force during the
Second World War. With 11 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 since 1937. She also took part in several air parades, flying the single-seater
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. In September, she was assigned, along with other women (among them, Lydia Litvyak), to the 437th IAP, engaged in the fighting over
Stalingrad. She soon became known for her aggressive attacking and high piloting skill. She flew
Yak-1 fighters. On October 6, she attacked 13
Junkers Ju 88 bombers by herself, shooting down her first aircraft. In November, she downed two
Bf 109 fighters and a Ju 88. In the following months, she was credited with several more aircraft. In January 1943, she, along with her friend Litvyak, was moved to the 73rd Guards Fighter Regiment of the 8th Air Army. She soon was given the right of "solo hunting". On February 23, she was awarded with an
Order of the Red Star.
On July 19, 1943, during a solo combat with three Bf 109, she shot down one, but was shot down herself and killed near the town of Antracit in
Luhansk Oblast.
There are different data as for Katya Budanova's victory score in different publications, with no official tally. The most common quote is 11 kills (6 individual and 5 team kills). She was awarded the Order of the Red Star and the
Order of the Patriotic War (twice). Although it was proposed, she wasn't awarded the title of
Hero of the Soviet Union during the war. On October 1,
1993, she was posthumously awarded with a
Hero of the Russian Federation title.
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