List of Famous people with last name Litvyak

Lydia Litvyak

First Name Lydia
Last Name Litvyak
Born on August 18, 1921
Died on August 1, 1943 (aged 21)
Born in Russia

Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak, also known as Lilya, was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. Historians' estimates for her total victories range from five to twelve solo victories and two to four shared kills in her 66 combat sorties. In about two years of operations, she was the first female fighter pilot to shoot down an enemy aircraft, the first of two female fighter pilots who have earned the title of fighter ace and the holder of the record for the greatest number of kills by a female fighter pilot. She was shot down near Orel during the Battle of Kursk as she attacked a formation of German aircraft.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her
    index: 1x 0.027117967605591s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.015114068984985s
t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.015057802200317s
router_page: 1x 0.0084500312805176s
list-of-people-content: 1x 0.0075600147247314s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.0069608688354492s
t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.0058598518371582s
t_/blocks/person-card: 1x 0.0058019161224365s
headline: 2x 0.0027449131011963s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00040698051452637s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.00029897689819336s
head-facts: 1x 0.0002748966217041s
t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 4.7922134399414E-5s
qids: 1.5x 1.0013580322266E-5s
related: 1x 5.9604644775391E-6s
using-file-qids-cache: 1x 4.0531158447266E-6s
using-qids-cache: 1x 9.5367431640625E-7s
----- END OF DUMP (2024-04-18 04:59:04)  -----