Yekaterina Budanova, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yekaterina Budanova

Soviet fighter pilot

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1916

Place of Birth: Vyazemsky District, Smolensk Oblast, Smolensk Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 19-Jul-1943

Profession: military personnel, flying ace, fighter pilot, aircraft pilot

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Yekaterina Vasylievna Budanova (Russian: ????????? ?????????? ????????), nicknamed Katya (????), (6 December 1916 – 19 July 1943), was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II.
With five air victories, along with Lydia Litvyak, she was one of the world's two female fighter aces.
She was shot down by either Luftwaffe ace Georg Schwientek of JG 52 or ace Emil Bitsch, of JG 3.