encyclopedia-amazonica: Lydia Litvyak – The white rose of Stalingrad Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak (1921-1943) was fittingly born on August 18, the Soviet Air Fleet Day or Aviation Day. She made her first solo flight at 15 and was training as a flight instructor by the age of 17. In 1937, her father was accused of having […]
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