Fighter Ace

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Today is the 69th. anniversary of the death of WW2 ace, Lydia Litvyak (Лидия Литвяк) in combat , one of the world's only two female fighter aces.

 

A squadron leader, she lost her life at the age of 21. Whilst attacking a flight of German bombers in her Yak-1, she was set upon by a group of Bf-109's. Her short life & career is quite a story; the wiki page has a fair bit of info on her.

 

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

 

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Yak-1

 

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Cheers, Willie.

 

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