Lidiya Shulaykina

Lidiya Shulaykina
in uniform
Born 28 March, 1915
Orekhovo-Zuyevo
Died 22 June, 1995
Moscow
Nationality Russia
Occupation pilot
Known for Hero of the Russian Federation

Lidiya Ivanovna Shulaykina (28 March 1915 - 22 June 1995)[1] was a Russian attack pilot during the Second World War. She was recognised as a Hero of the Russian Federation in 1993.

Life

Shulaykina was born in 1915 in Orekhovo-Zuyevo near Moscow and she became interested in flying. After learning to fly she went on to train others at the same aero-club. She was already successfully training military pilots when she applied for combat. There was no reason for her to not be accepted, so eventually, she was.[2]

She became a Guards Senior Lieutenant, and flew the well armed Ilyushin Il-2 on missions to fire rockets and bomb German transport vessels at sea.[3] She was the only female Russian naval pilot at the time.[4]

She was awarded the Order of the Red Banner twice. After the war she continued to fly and to train others on transport and combat aircraft.[2]

She was recognised as a Hero of the Russian Federation in 1993. Her citation noted that the award was for "...courage and heroism displayed in the fight against the German-fascist aggressors in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945".[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Шулайкина Лидия Ивановна". warheroes.ru. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Шулайкина Лидия Ивановна - женщина-летчик Великой Отечественной Герой Российской Федерации - Красные соколы: советские летчики-асы 1914-1953". airaces.narod.ru. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  3. ↑ Erickson, John (1993). "Soviet Women at War". In Garrard, John; Healicon, Alison. World War 2 and the Soviet People: Selected Papers from the Fourth World Congress for Soviet and East European Studies, Harrogate, 1990. Springer. p. 64. ISBN 9781349227969. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Cook, Bernard A. (2006). Women and War: A Historical Encyclopedia from Antiquity to the Present, Volume 2. ABC-Clio. p. 546. ISBN 9781851097708.
  5. ↑ "УКАЗ Президента РФ от 01.10.1993 N 1554" (in Russian). President of Russia. 1 October 1993. Archived from the original on 3 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  • "Шулайкина Лидия Ивановна". КРАСНЫЕ СОКОЛЫ (Red Falcons) (in Russian). Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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