Sunday, October 7, 2018

WWII Soviet Fighter pilot Antonina Lebedeva

Great teeth.



 In December 1942, Lebedeva and her wingmate were both shot down shortly after having shot down a German plane, which she survived and quickly returned to fighting.
On 10 January 1943, Lebedeva was involved in a dogfight where she faced two German fighters alone, destroying one Bf-109, but her aircraft suffered serious damage in the process and she was forced to make an emergency landing while under attack, landing outside the airport on the fuselage of her aircraft.

On 22 February 1943, Lebedeva was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War in the 2nd degree for her courage in battle, and by the time she received the medal had logged nearly 1,500 hours of flight time, having participated in three air battles and made 12 sortie runs.

3 comments:

  1. Why are elements of our government/media complex trying so hard to make these people our enemies?

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