Zuleykha Seyidmammadova

Zuleykha Seyidmammadova
File:Seyidmammadova early in the war.jpg
Native name	Züleyxa Seyidməmmədova
Born	22 March 1919 Baku, Azerbaijan DR
Died	1999 Baku, Azerbaijan
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service/branch	Soviet Air Force
Years of service	1941 — 1945
Rank	Captain
Unit	586th Fighter Aviation Regiment
Battles/wars	Eastern Front of World War II Battle of Stalingrad Battle of Kursk Battle of Korsun–Cherkassy
Awards

Zuleykha Seyidmammadova (Azerbaijani: Züleyxa Seyidməmmədova; 22 March 1919 – 1999) was one of the first Azerbaijan female pilots and the first Azerbaijani woman to fly in combat.

Seyidmammadova was born in Baku on 22 March 1919. She gained her pilot's license in 1935 at a flying club in her hometown and later at the aviation academy in Zhukovsky near Moscow. She was a fighter pilot in the 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment, one of the three women's military aviation regiments founded by Marina Raskova. Throughout the war, she fought in over 40 aerial battles and carried out over 500 missions on her Yak-9.

Seyidməmmədova died in Baku in 1999.

Distinctions

• Order of Lenin
• Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour
• Order of the Patriotic War in the 2nd Class
• Order of the Red Star
• Two Orders of the Badge of Honor

See also

• Leyla Mammadbeyova - first Azerbaijani woman pilot, but did not fly in combat
• Ziba Ganiyeva - Azerbaijani woman sniper