Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Zhurkina (Russian: Надежда Александровна Журкина; 28 August 1920 – 24 April 2002) was a radio operator and gunner in the 99th Guards Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment during the Second World War and one of only four women to be awarded all three classes of the Order of Glory. == Early life == Zhurkina was born on 28 August 1920 to a working-class Russian family in Turinsk.
Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Zhurkina (Russian: Надежда Александровна Журкина; 28 August 1920 – 24 April 2002) was a radio operator and gunner in the 99th Guards Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment during the Second World War and one of only four women to be awarded all three classes of the Order of Glory. == Early life == Zhurkina was born on 28 August 1920 to a working-class Russian family in Turinsk.
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