Galina Lomanova

Galina Dmitrievna Tenueva née Lomanova (; 11 November 1920 2 December 1994) was a flight commander of the 1st squadron in the 125th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment and one of the nine women awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky.

Early life Lomanova was born on 11 November 1920 to a Ukrainian family in Ekaterinoslav. While a teenager she joined the Komsomol in order to be able to join an aeroclub. Despite not having done any previous parachute jumps she was eventually made an instructor at the aeroclub; one day she was asked to help cadets learn to parachute, and broke her leg while landing, having not been taught how to land a parachute jump. Eventually she married a pilot and gave birth to daughter before the war, however, he was killed in action in 1943.

Postwar Having remained in the military as a pilot until 1947, she settled down in Leningrad and married Nikolai Tenuev, a pilot from the 124th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment. She died on 2 December 1994.

Awards Order of the Red Banner Order of Alexander Nevsky Order of the Patriotic War 1st and 2nd class Medal "For Courage" campaign and jubilee medals