Lydia Litviak was a female ace during WWII. She had a rose painted on her fuselage each time she shot down a german plane.
She also arbored a white Lily painted on the nose of her plane.
Suddenly she disappeared in 1943 during a flight over Dimitrievska in Ukraine. Some say she was taken prisoner by the Germans, survived the war and made a new life in Switzerland where she had 3 children and talked in a Swiss TV show in 2000. She was recognized by former female mates when watching it.
Some say she was shot down with another soviet plane piloted by Golishev (viewtopic.php?p=512798#p512798)
and died at about the same time. The rest of her plane was found in 1979. Her body is buried in Dimitrievka cemetery. The only female ace buried there.
Did anybody see the swiss TV show supposedly showing Litiviak ?
I find strange that she was recognized on TV by former russian mates. How did they see the swiss show ? Was it aired on russian TV ? Is it common to air western TV shows on russian TV ?
Is there any mean to see the images ?
Thanks
