Valentina Grizodubova
Valentina Stepanova Grisodubowa (Russian Валентина Степановна Гризодубова, scientific transliteration Valentina Stepanovna Grizodubova, .. * 27 Apriljul / May 10 1909greg in Kharkov, Russian Empire (now Ukraine ), † April 28, 1993 in Moscow) was a Soviet aviator and officer ( colonel ). Her father was the aircraft designer and inventor Stepan Vasilyevich Grisodubow.
Life
Although she completed a piano studies at a conservatory, she joined in 1927 the flying club Pensa and ended in 1929 in addition to their matriculation examination their pilot training. She then worked for several years at the flying school in Tula as an instructor. In 1936, she joined the Soviet Army and worked as a flight instructor. She also worked in the Propaganda Staffel " Maxim Gorky ", where they flew the U-2 " Robotnika ".
In 1937, she introduced her first women's world record along with Marina Raskowa on as navigator. The two women completed a non-stop flight of 1,443 kilometers. In October the same year, a record altitude of 3267 meters, followed with a UT -1. On July 2, 1938, she flew with Wera Lomako, Polina Ossipenko and Marina Raskowa with a MP-1 flying boat from Sevastopol to Arkhangelsk.
On 24-25. September 1938 won Valentina Grisodubowa as commander with an ANT -37 " Rodina " along with Marina Raskowa and Polina Ossipenko a world distance record of 5908.610 km on a straight line on the route Moscow - Sea of Okhotsk. The aircraft was doing 26 1/2 hours in the air. For the three aviators were awarded on 2 November 1938 as the first women in Soviet history the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
In 1941 she joined the CPSU and -actuated when the war begins in a zbV transport unit Flights to supply partisans into the enemy rear. In March 1942 she was commanding officer of a urine bomb squadron, where they participated themselves in more than 200 sorties. In 1943, she was initially withdrawn from the front and commanded the 101st Transport Aviation Regiment. After 1946, she was active in the civil aviation and worked at NII number 17 as a test pilot she checked radars that have been developed at this institute. From 1963 to 1972 she was director of NII -17, from 1972 Deputy Head of NII for avionics and aircraft equipment in Moscow.
She received other orders, such as on 6 January 1986 the Order of Lenin. During the first session, she was deputy of the Supreme Soviet. During her active career as a pilot, she completed a total of 18,000 flight hours.
Spellings
The Ukrainian spelling of the name is Walentyna Stepaniwna Hrysodubowa ( Валентина Степанівна Гризодубова ).