23 April 1943 (age 25) Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, Soviet Union
Allegiance
Soviet Union
Service/branch
Soviet Air Force
Years of service
1941–1943
Rank
Junior Lieutenant
Unit
588th Night Bomber Regiment
Battles/wars
Eastern Front of World War II †
Awards
Hero of the Soviet Union
Yevdokiya Ivanovna Nosal (Russian: Евдокия Ивановна Носаль, Ukrainian: Євдокія Іванівна Носаль; 14 March 1918 – 23 April 1943) was a junior lieutenant and deputy squadron commander in the 588th Night Bomber Regiment (nicknamed the "Night Witches" by the Germans) during World War II. She was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 24 May 1943, making her the first woman pilot to be honored with the title during the war.
Onoprienko - Red Army colonel and World War II Hero of the Soviet Union YevdokiyaNosal - junior lieutenant and deputy squadron commander in the 588th Night...
the Po-2 piloted by Nosal was chased by a German fighter over Novorossiysk and attacked; a piece of shrapnel from a shell hit Nosal in the forehead, killing...