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119 | Lydia Litvyak - The White Lily of Stalingrad and Her Chrome Boots

2025/1/7
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Black Cat Report | UFOs, Cryptids, True Crime & Paranormal

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Join Joey and GIl as they follow the awesome and turbulant life of Lydia Litvyak the Female Soviet Union fighter pilot who had the first ever Fighter Pilot Kill in battle. She was a trail blazer and to this day has been an inspiration to many other people following in her footsteps. She blazed her own trail and kept her personality and style even when she was jailed for it.

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Audiobook Source: Lydia Litvyak: The Life and Legacy of the Soviet Woman Who Became World War II’s Most Successful Female Fighter Pilot Audible 

Charles River Editors (Author, Publisher), Steve Knupp (Narrator)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BX4MW6PG/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title_ab_amzn)

Other Sources:

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/10/06/short-daring-life-lilya-litvyak-white-rose-stalingrad/) https://planehistoria.com/lydia-litvyak/) https://www.omaka.org.nz/articles/lydia-litvyak-top-female-fighter-ace)

Tags: #History #Lydialitvyak #SovietUnion #Military #Sovietunionfighterpilot #Militaryfighterpilot #fightpilot #stories #historystories #truecrimepodcast #truecrime #crime #death


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