28 April 1993(1993-04-28) (aged 83) Moscow, Russia
Allegiance
Soviet Union
Service/branch
Soviet Air Forces
Rank
Colonel
Commands held
101st Long-Range Aviation Regiment
Awards
Hero of the Soviet Union Hero of Socialist Labour
Valentina Stepanovna Grizodubova (Russian: Валенти́на Степа́новна Гризоду́бова, Ukrainian: Валентина Степанівна ГризодубоваValentyna Stepanivna Hryzodubova; 10 May [O.S. 27 April] 1909 – 28 April 1993) was one of the first female pilots in the Soviet Union awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the only female Hero of the Soviet Union to also be awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labour.
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