Valor The First Female Ace
Jul 07, 2020
2 minutes
By David T. Zabecki
Sr. Lt. Lydia Litvyak Soviet Air Forces
Hero of the Soviet Union
Eastern Front 1942–43
Soviet Air Forces Sr. Lt. Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak, known as the “White Lily of Stalingrad” for her air support during that battle, was history’s first female fighter ace. (The only other female ace is her countrywoman, Capt. Yekaterina Budanova.) Litvyak was shot down and killed on
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