Vera Bjelik

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Vera Bjelik (June 12, 1921 – August 25, 1944) was a World War II navigator born in Yakymivka raion, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine.

She joined the Red Army in 1941 and became active from May 1942. She died on August 25, 1944, aged 23, on active duty, near Ostrołęka, Poland, having completed 813 bombing missions.

Awards and honors

Title of the Hero of the Soviet Union (February 23, 1945, posthumously)
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Red Star
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class

Bibliography

Milanetti, Gian Piero (2013). Soviet Airwomen of the Great Patriotic War - A pictorial history. Istituto Bibliografico Napoleone, Rome, Italy. ISBN 9788875651466.

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Name	Bjelik, Vera
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Date of birth	June 12, 1921
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Date of death	August 25, 1944
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