List of Famous people with last name Litvyak

Lydia Litvyak

First Name Lydia
Last Name Litvyak
Born on August 18, 1921
Died on August 1, 1943 (aged 21)
Born in Russia

Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak, also known as Lilya, was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. Historians' estimates for her total victories range from five to twelve solo victories and two to four shared kills in her 66 combat sorties. In about two years of operations, she was the first female fighter pilot to shoot down an enemy aircraft, the first of two female fighter pilots who have earned the title of fighter ace and the holder of the record for the greatest number of kills by a female fighter pilot. She was shot down near Orel during the Battle of Kursk as she attacked a formation of German aircraft.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her
    index: 1x 0.014677047729492s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.0096640586853027s
t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.0096340179443359s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.0046181678771973s
router_page: 1x 0.0045030117034912s
list-of-people-content: 1x 0.0038838386535645s
t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.0028021335601807s
t_/blocks/person-card: 1x 0.0027649402618408s
headline: 2x 0.0018532276153564s
qids: 2x 0.0011630058288574s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00027990341186523s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.00020813941955566s
head-facts: 1x 0.00018811225891113s
t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 1.5020370483398E-5s
related: 1x 2.8610229492188E-6s
using-qids-cache: 1x 1.1920928955078E-6s
----- END OF DUMP (2026-06-04 00:37:06)  -----