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Nationality
  
Romanian

Name
  
Nadia Russo

Parent(s)
  
Evgheni Brjozovski

Known for
  
Aviator

Ethnicity
  
Russian


Nadia Russo

Full Name
  
Nadejda Brjozovska

Born
  
17 June 1901 (
1901-06-17
)
Tver, Russia

Died
  
22 January 1988(1988-01-22) (aged 86)Bucharest, Romania

Spouse(s)
  
Alexandru RussoGheorghe Bossie

Nadia Russo-05 Noi


Nadia (Nadejda) Russo-Bossie (17 June 1901 – 22 January 1988) was a pioneering Romanian aviator.

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Biography

Nadia Russo NADIA RUSSO a gallery on Flickr

Born in Tver, Nadia Russo, from Chişinău, in 1936, was one of the first Romanian women to obtain a flying license. In 1937, she obtained a Bücker Bü 131. Half of the purchase price was paid for by the Romanian Ministry of Air and the other half by public subscription in Chişinău. She died in Bucharest in 1988.

Awards

  • Gold Cross of the Order of Aeronautical Virtue with Swords (12 September 1941)
  • Order of the German Eagle, 3rd class (Germany, 1942)
  • Order of the Queen Marie Cross, 3rd class (1943)

    • References

    Nadia Russo Wikipedia
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