Liliia Litviak

Hero of the Soviet Union, Fighter pilot

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• Who was Liliia Litviak?
  • Brief biography
  • Lily, Lydia, or Liliia?
• Combat Record
  • Litviak's total number of kills
  • Litviak at Stalingrad
  • Litviak's first kill
• Myths and Realities
  • "White Rose of Stalingrad"?
  • The Death of Lidiia Litviak
• Litviak's comrades and firsthand accounts
  • Inna Pasportnikova
    • "My Commander"
  • Aleksandr Gridnev
    • Gridnev and rumors of Litviak's survival
    • Gridnev's memoir on Litviak
• Sources
  • Sources on Litviak in English
  • Sources on Litviak in Russian
  • Sources annotated
  • Pennington on Litviak
  • Defending The Motherland
• Documents
  • Hero of the Soviet Union No. 11616
  • Chronicle of Combat Victories 1989
  • Award Certificate 1943
  • Award Certificate 1989
  • Vypiska No 251 1988
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“The White Rose of Stalingrad?”

What’s the truth about Litviak’s supposed nickname, “The White Rose of Stalingrad?” It appears to have been made up by Western journalists. Details to come.

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