Tatyana Makarova

Tatyana Petrovna Makarova
Photograph of Tatyana Makarova wearing a heavy coat and aviator's hat, the attire worn on night bombing missions
Makarova in the 1940s
Native name
Татьяна Петровна Макарова
Born25 September 1920
Moscow, Russian SFSR
Died25 August 1944 (aged 23)
Ostrołęka, Warsaw, Nazi-occupied Poland
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service / branch Soviet Air Force
Years of service1941–1944
RankLieutenant
Unit46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Battles / wars
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union

Tatyana Petrovna Makarova (Russian: Татьяна Петровна Макарова; 25 September 1920 – 25 August 1944) was a flight commander in the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, one of the three women's aviation regiments founded by Marina Raskova. She and her navigator Vera Belik were posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union after their plane was shot down by the Axis forces over Nazi-occupied Poland.