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Anna Yegorova

1916 - 2009

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Anna Alexandrovna Timofeyeva-Yegorova (Russian: Анна Александровна Тимофеева-Егорова; 23 September 1916 – 29 October 2009) was a pilot in the Soviet Air Force during the Second World War. She flew a total of 277 sorties that included liaison, reconnaissance and ground-attack missions before she became a prisoner-of-war when her Il-2 was shot down. She was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anna Yegorova is the 50th most popular pilot (up from 52nd in 2019), the 1,727th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,802nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Russian Pilot.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Anna Yegorova ranks 50 out of 71Before her are Gotthard Handrick, Nikolai Gastello, Jacqueline Auriol, Natalya Meklin, Vladimir Kokkinaki, and Maguba Syrtlanova. After her are Nikolai Kamanin, Mariya Dolina, Gregorio Fuentes, Stasys Girėnas, Tatyana Makarova, and Wally Funk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Anna Yegorova ranks 222Before her are Jakob Streitle, Erich Mende, Yekaterina Zelenko, Harry James, Ettore Puricelli, and Irwin Allen. After her are Damián Iguacén Borau, Neagu Djuvara, Gino Bianco, Arpenik Nalbandyan, Corneliu Mănescu, and S. Yizhar. Among people deceased in 2009, Anna Yegorova ranks 239Before her are Veronika Dudarova, Pierre Chaunu, Harry Patch, Teddy Mayer, Lukas Foss, and Shota Chochishvili. After her are Mamadou Dia, René Bliard, John Mayhew, José Luis López Vázquez, Ron Asheton, and Corín Tellado.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Anna Yegorova ranks 1,727 out of 3,761Before her are Barys Kit (1910), Vadym Meller (1884), Teodor Shteingel (1870), Sergey Oldenburg (1863), Vladimir Gilyarovsky (1853), and Sergey Shakurov (1942). After her are Fyodor Khitruk (1917), Natalya Baranskaya (1908), Alexander Bek (1903), Fyodor Abramov (1920), Nikolay Burdenko (1876), and Alexander Veselovsky (1838).

Among PILOTS In Russia

Among pilots born in Russia, Anna Yegorova ranks 9Before her are Vladimir Ilyushin (1927), Pyotr Nesterov (1887), Olga Sanfirova (1917), Nikolai Gastello (1907), Vladimir Kokkinaki (1904), and Maguba Syrtlanova (1912). After her are Nikolai Kamanin (1908), Mariya Dolina (1922), Tatyana Makarova (1920), Viktor Talalikhin (1918), Lydia Zvereva (1890), and Mikhail Gromov (1899).