Evdokia Pasko (30 December 1919 – 27 January 2017) was a Soviet military pilot in World War II.[1]
Pasko was born in Kyrgyzstan in 1919. She was a student in the Mathematics faculty at Moscow State University when the Russian authorities called for women volunteers to train as fighter pilots. Pasko became a pilot in the 49th Aviation Regiment, and in the all-women 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, also known as the Night Witches.[2] In total, she made approximately 800 sorties.[3] In 1944 Pasko was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.[4] She retired from the Soviet army with the rank of lieutenant.[1]
After the war Pasko returned to her studies and graduated with a PhD in mathematics. She taught for over forty years at Bauman Moscow State Technical University.[3]
Pasko died on 27 January 2017 in Moscow, and was buried at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery.[5]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The history of Dunkinogo shelf | Encyclopedia of safety" (in en-US). http://survincity.com/2011/02/the-history-of-dunkinogo-shelf/.
- ↑ "Soviet Women Fighters". http://historyinphotos.blogspot.co.nz/2016/01/soviet-women-fighters.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Colorizations By Users - Evdokia Pasko" (in en). http://www.ww2incolor.com/colorizations/evdokia-pasko-95-anniversary-night-witches.html.
- ↑ Embassy of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (1944). USSR Information Bulletin, Volume 4, Issues 75-135.
- ↑ ""ОФИЦЕРЫ РОССИИ" простились с фронтовиком, Героем Советского Союза Евдокией Борисовной Пасько" (in ru). http://oficery.ru/social/19684.
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