Maguba Syrtlanova

Maguba Guseynovna Syrtlanova
Native name Мәгубә Хөсәен кызы Сыртланова
Born 15 July 1912
Belebey, Bashkortostan, Russian Empire
Died 1 October 1971 (aged 61)
Kazan, Bashkortostan, Russian SFSR
Allegiance  Soviet Union
Service/branch Soviet Air Force
Years of service 1941–1945
Rank Senior Lieutenant
Unit 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Awards


Maguba Syrtlanova (Tatar: Мәгубә Хөсәен кызы Сыртланова; 15 July 1912 – 1 October 1971) was a senior lieutenant in the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, nicknamed the "night witches" and was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for her work. She was an ethnic Tatar and a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1941.[1][2]

Early life

Born on 15 July 1912 in Belebey, Bashkortostan of the Russian Empire, she graduated from Bashalov Flight School in 1932 and went on to join a flight club glider school in Tbilisi. After the start of the second world war, she enlisted in the military in July 1941.[3]

Military career

Syrtlanova was deployed to fight in the Great Patriotic War on 27 December 1942 and performed her first mission on 10 February 1943 as part of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, which was later renamed to the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment. She fought in the North Caucasus, Belarus, Taman Peninsula, Crimea, Poland, and Prussia. By the end of the war she had accumulated 928 flight hours in combat, performed 780 sorties, dropped 190 tons of bombs on enemy territory, and safely guided her aircraft through heavy anti-aircraft fire and poor weather. Due to the precision of her bombings, she was able to destroy two railroad stations, two searchlights, three artillery units, four armored cars, a fuel depot, and 85 enemy campsites. For her military achievements she was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 15 May 1946.[2][3]

Later life and awards

After WWII she retired from the military and worked at a factory in Kazan from 1951 to 1962. There is a street named after her in Kazan as well as a monument and gym named after her.[4] She died on 1 October 1971 and was buried in the Novo-Tatar Sloboda cemetery.[3]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sakaida, Henry (2012-04-20). Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941–45. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781780966922.
  2. 1 2 "Сыртланова Магуба Гусейновна". airaces.narod.ru. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  3. 1 2 3 "Сыртланова Магуба Гусейновна". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  4. ↑ "Улица Сыртлановой". history-kazan.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  5. 1 2 "Сыртланова Магуба Гусейновна, Герой Советского Союза (Орден Ленина и медаль «Золотая звезда»)". pamyat-naroda.ru. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  6. ↑ "Сыртланова Магуба Гусейновна, Орден Красного Знамени (1943)". pamyat-naroda.ru. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  7. ↑ "Сыртланова Магуба Гусейновна, Орден Красного Знамени (1945)". pamyat-naroda.ru. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  8. ↑ "Сыртланова Магуба Гусейновна, Орден Отечественной войны II степени". pamyat-naroda.ru. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  9. ↑ "Сыртланова Магуба Гусейновна, Орден Красной Звезды :: Документ о награде :: Память народа". pamyat-naroda.ru. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
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