Atyrau Airport to be re-named for Kazakhstan’s only WW2 woman combat navigator

Atyrau International Airport will be re-named for Hiuaz Dospanova, the only woman navigator from Kazakhstan who flew with the Night Witches during World War Two.

By Ds02006 (English wikipedia) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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