Natalya Myeklin Krasnaya Zvyezda

Natalya Myeklin Leutenant Natalya Myeklin was a pilot for the Night Witches. She joined the Night Witches in 1942 when she was 19 years old, and flew 840 missions in three years.

She survived the war a very condecorated veteran, with medals including the Order of Lenin and the Soviet highest honor, the Hero of the Soviet Union gold star.



Natalya Myeklin and Rufina Gosheva Natasha in front of Po-2
Natalya Myeklin (at right) and Rufina Gosheva, posing after both were decorated with the Hero of the Soviet Union medal. Here is Natasha pictured in front of a Po-2, on the Second Bielorussian Front in 1945.