Zuleykha Seyidmammadova

Zuleykha Seyidmammadova (Züleyxa Seyidməmmədova; 22 March 1919 – 1999) was one of the first military Azerbaijan women pilots, along with Leyla Mammadbeyova.

Seyidmammadova was born in Baku on 22 March 1919. She gained her pilot's license in 1935 at a flying club in her hometown and later at the aviation academy in Zhukovsky near Moscow. She was a fighter pilot in the 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment, one of the three women's military aviation regiments founded by Marina Raskova. Throughout the war, she fought in over 40 aerial battles and carried out over 500 missions on her Yak-9.

Seyidməmmədova died in Baku in 1999.

Distinctions

 * Order of Lenin
 * Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour
 * Order of the Patriotic War in the 2nd Class
 * Order of the Red Star
 * Two Orders of the Badge of Honor