Polina Gelman
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Polina Vladimirovna Gelman was a flight navigator in the all-female 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1946 for having totaled 857 sorties during World War II. Wikipedia
Born: October 24, 1919, Berdychiv, Ukraine
Died: November 25, 2005 (age 86 years), Moscow, Russia