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Zuleykha Seyidmammadova

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Nationality
  
Azerbaijan

Died
  
1999, Baku, Azerbaijan

Zuleykha Seyidmammadova

Born
  
22 March 1919
Baku

Known for
  
first military Azerbaijan women pilot

Zuleykha Seyidmammadova (Azerbaijani: Züleyxa Seyidməmmədova; 22 March 1919 – 1999) was one of the first military Azerbaijan women pilot along with Leyla Mammadbeyova.

Z.Seyidmammadova was born in Baku on 22 March 1919. She gained her pilot's license in 1935 at a flying club in her home town and later at the aviation academy in Zhukovsky near Moscow. She was a fighter pilot in the 586 IAP / Aviation Group No. 122.

Seyidməmmədova died in Baku in 1999.

Distinctions

  • Order of Lenin
  • Twice the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
  • Order of the Patriotic War
  • Order of the Red Star
  • Twice the Order of the Badge of Honor

    • References

    Zuleykha Seyidmammadova Wikipedia
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