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Title: first female WWII fighter ace
Post by: popeye on August 20, 2024, 11:27:52 AM

(https://i.postimg.cc/9XNrSXhR/Lydia-Litvyak.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

Lydia Litvyak

Was watching a documentary on the development of the Yak fighter and learned that women flew some of them.  She had 13 kills when she was shot down.  Interesting story.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Litvyak

Title: Re: first female WWII fighter ace
Post by: RELIC on August 25, 2024, 05:12:27 PM

Good for her and a good read.

Title: Re: first female WWII fighter ace
Post by: fudgums on August 25, 2024, 07:01:49 PM

need to see .ahf film of it

Title: Re: first female WWII fighter ace
Post by: Goat1 on August 26, 2024, 08:42:49 AM

Interesting article

Title: Re: first female WWII fighter ace
Post by: 8thJinx on September 02, 2024, 06:48:02 PM

Trivia:
How many kills did Major Amelia "Buns" Nakamura end up with.