PILOT

Olga Sanfirova

1917 - 1944

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Olga Aleksandrovna Sanfirova (Russian: Ольга Александровна Санфирова; 2 May [O.S. 19 April] 1917 – 13 December 1944) was a captain and squadron commander in the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment during World War II. She was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 23 February 1945, making her the first Tatar woman awarded the title. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Olga Sanfirova is the 39th most popular pilot (down from 32nd in 2019), the 1,472nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,212th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Pilot.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Olga Sanfirova ranks 39 out of 71. Before her are Touria Chaoui, Pyotr Nesterov, Blanche Stuart Scott, Ahmet Ali Çelikten, Jadwiga Piłsudska, and Jean Mermoz. After her are Helmut Wick, Bessie Coleman, Polina Osipenko, Steponas Darius, Gotthard Handrick, and Nikolai Gastello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Olga Sanfirova ranks 207. Before her are Minoru Chiaki, José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, Ann Rutherford, Robert Byrd, J. L. Mackie, and Yvette Chauviré. After her are Steno, Tetyana Yablonska, Helena Rasiowa, Christiane Rochefort, Kusuo Kitamura, and Leandro Remondini. Among people deceased in 1944, Olga Sanfirova ranks 233. Before her are Johan Pitka, Walter Breisky, Settela Steinbach, Karel Hartmann, Vladimir Baranov-Rossine, and Wim Anderiesen. After her are Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Paul-Émile Janson, Shigeo Arai, Hippolyte Aucouturier, Jaan Kikkas, and Nikolai Roslavets.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Olga Sanfirova ranks 1,472 out of 3,761. Before her are Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow (1530), Valentin Lebedev (1942), Mikayel Nalbandian (1829), Galina Kulakova (1942), Vatslav Vorovsky (1871), and Tatyana Shchelkanova (1937). After her are Alexandre Volkoff (1885), Frol Kozlov (1908), Vasily Agapkin (1884), Nikolay Bauman (1873), Sergey Chaplygin (1869), and Natalya Lisovskaya (1962).

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Among PILOTS In Russia

Among pilots born in Russia, Olga Sanfirova ranks 5. Before her are Marina Raskova (1912), Valery Chkalov (1904), Vladimir Ilyushin (1927), and Pyotr Nesterov (1887). After her are Nikolai Gastello (1907), Vladimir Kokkinaki (1904), Maguba Syrtlanova (1912), Anna Yegorova (1916), Nikolai Kamanin (1908), Mariya Dolina (1922), and Tatyana Makarova (1920).

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