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Yevgeniya Maksimovna Rudneva (Russian: Евгения Максимовна Руднева; 24 May 1921 – 9 April 1944) was the head navigator of the 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment posthumously awarded Hero of the Soviet Union.
- 1941–1944
- Soviet Air Force
During WWII, Yevgeniya (Zhenya) Rudneva, a 20-year-old astronomy student in Moscow, joined the newly created women-only regiment of the Soviet Air Forces. In her diary, Zhenya offers a rare ...
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Yevgeniya Maksimovna Rudneva was the head navigator of the 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment posthumously awarded Hero of the Soviet Union. Prior to World War II she was an astronomer, the head of the Solar Department of the Moscow branch of the Astronomical-Geodesical Society of the USSR [ru]. [1]
Sep 17, 2023 · Senior Lieutenant Yevgeniya Maximovna Rudneva, regimental navigator for the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment. Yevgeniya was born December 24, 1920 in Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region, close to the Azov Sea in Ukraine Russia.
Feb 6, 2017 · Photo of Senior Lieutenant Yevgeniya Rudneva, a notable member of the “Night Witches”. The “Night Witches” was the nickname of the female military aviators of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment of the Soviet Air Forces.
Jul 17, 2023 · Yevgeniya Rudneva (1921 – 1944) Soviet navigator Yevgeniya Rudneva. Rudneva, a talented astronomer and head navigator of the 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment, was posthumously honored with the prestigious title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Evgeniya Maksimovna Rudneva (Russian: Евгения Максимовна Руднева), also known as Zhenya Rudneva (Женя Руднева) (Berdiansk, December 24, 1920 – April 9, 1944 near Kerch) was a Soviet military air navigator, a Hero of the Soviet Union, a member of the Moscow branch of the Astronomical-Geodesical...
