Lidiya Shulaykina

Lidiya Ivanovna Shulaykina (28 March 1915 - 22 June 1995) was a Russian bomber pilot during the Second World War. She was recognised as a Hero of the Russian Federation in 1993, for "...courage and heroism displayed in the fight against the German-fascist aggressors in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945".

She was a Guards Senior Lieutenant, and flew an Ilyushin Il-2 on missions to bomb German vessels at sea. She was the only female Russian naval pilot at the time.