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Natalya Meklin
Hero of the Soviet Union

Natalya Meklin

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Place of birth
Lubny, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire
Place of death
Moscow, Russia
Age
82 years
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Biography

Natalya Fyodorovna Meklin née Kravtsova (Russian: Наталья Фёдоровна Меклин, Ukrainian: Наталія Фёдорiвна Меклин; 1922–2005) was a World War II combat pilot in one of the three women-only Soviet air regiments. They were nicknamed the 'Night Witches' by their German opponents.

She was born on September 8, 1922, in Lubny, Ukraine. In 1940 she joined the glider school at the Kiev Young Pioneer Palace. When she was 19, in 1942 she joined the Night Witches, piloting a Polikarpov Po-2 light bomber, and by the end of the war had flown 980 night missions. In 1953 she graduated from the Military Institute of Foreign Languages.

Subsequently, she worked as a translator before retiring. She became a member of the Union of Soviet Writers. She was awarded the Order of Lenin, with Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st and 2nd degrees, of the Red Star, with medals. Several schools are named after her in Smolensk, Poltava, Stavropol' and other cities. She was entitled honorable citizen of the city of Gdańsk (Poland). She died in Moscow on 5 June 2005.

Awards and honors

  • Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Order of Lenin
  • Three Orders of the Red Banner
  • Order of the Red Star
  • Two Orders of the Patriotic War
  • Order of the Badge of Honour
  • Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
  • Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
  • Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
  • Medal "Veteran of Labour"
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