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Vera Lukianovna Belik
Vera Lukianovna Belik
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Native name	Віра Лук`янівна Білик
Born	5 August 1921; Yakymivka Raion, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine.
Died	25 August 1944 (aged 23); near Ostrołęka, Poland
Allegiance	USSR
Service / branch	Soviet Red Air Force
Years of service	1941-1944
	Guard Lieutenant
Unit	46th Tamansky Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Order of LeninOrder of the Red StarHero of the Soviet Union, Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class
Spouse(s)	David Thomas Gwynne-Vaughan

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Early life

Vera Belik (August 5, 1921 – August 25, 1944) was a World War II navigator born in Yakymivka Raion, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine. Belik was the oldest of six children of a master electrician. In 1939 she enrolled at the Karl Liebknecht Pedagogical Institute in Moscow, where she studied mathematics.^[1]

Military career

She joined the Red Army in 1941 and became active from May 1942. Belik joined the 122nd Aviation Group and began flying combat missions with the 588th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment (later re-designated the 46th Guards) in mid-1942.</ref name=ATFP> In December 1942, the regiment was expanded and Belik was promoted to navigator of the second squadron. Belik flew difficult sorties over Ukraine, the Kuban area of the North Caucasus, the Crimea, Belorussia, and Poland. On August 1, 1944 she and Makarova flew the first bombing mission over East Prussia- the first aircrew of the regiment to fight over German soil. On August 25, 1944, Belik and Makarova were attacked by a German fighter near Ostrołęka, Poland. Belik completed a total of 813 bombing missions.

==References==

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"Белик Вера Лукьяновна". Герои Советского Союза: Краткий биографический словарь. Vol. 1 /Абаев — Любичев/. М.: Воениздат. 1987. p. 911. {{cite book}}: More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help); Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
Литвинова Л. (1969). "Героический экипаж". Героини: очерки о женщинах — Героях Советского Союза (Вып. 1 ed.). М.: Политиздат. p. 447. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)

Aranova, R. (2006). "КРЫЛАТАЯ ГВАРДИЯ - галерея изображений". Plyac, Anatova. Retrieved 13 June 2017.

Category:1921 births Category:1944 deaths Category:Women in World War II Category:Ukrainian women of World War II Category:Soviet military personnel killed in World War II Category:Women in the Russian and Soviet military Category:Soviet Air Force officers Category:Heroes of the Soviet Union Category:Recipients of the Order of Lenin Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Category:Recipients of the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class Category:People from Yakymivka Raion

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^ Pennington, Reina; Higham, Robin (2003). Amazons to fighter pilots : a biographical dictionary of military women / Vol. 1, A-Q. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 271. OCLC 773504359.

[ATFP-1] Pennington, Reina; Higham, Robin (2003). Amazons to fighter pilots : a biographical dictionary of military women / Vol. 1, A-Q. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 271. OCLC 773504359.

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