Natalya Meklin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Natalya Meklin

Hero of the Soviet Union

Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1922

Place of Birth: Lubny, Poltava Governorate, Ukraine

Date of Death: 05-Jun-2005

Profession: aircraft pilot

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Natalya Fyodorovna Kravtsova née Meklin (Russian: ??????? ????????? ??????; 8 September 1922 – 5 June 2005) was a flight commander in the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, one of the three women's aviation regiments founded by Marina Raskova after the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
The regiment later came to be known as the "Night Witches" by German targets.
She was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in February 1945 for completing 840 sorties, and gained significant publicity.