Vera Belik

Monument to Vera Belik.

Vera Belik (June 12, 1921 – August 25, 1944) was a World War II navigator born in Yakymivka Raion, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine.

She joined the Red Army in 1941 and became active from May 1942. She died on August 25, 1944, aged 23, on active duty, near Ostrołęka, Poland, having completed 813 bombing missions.

Awards and honors

• Title of the Hero of the Soviet Union (February 23, 1945, posthumously)
• Order of the Red Banner
• Order of the Red Star
• Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class

See also

• Night Witches
• List of female Heroes of the Soviet Union

Bibliography

• Milanetti, Gian Piero (2013). Soviet Airwomen of the Great Patriotic War - A pictorial history. Istituto Bibliografico Napoleone, Rome, Italy. ISBN 9788875651466.