Given the question: Facts: - death place: novokrasnovka luhansk oblast , ukrainian ssr , soviet union - caption: 586th left to right : lilya litvyak , katya budanova and women mariya kuznetsova . 's fighter regiment briefing before operation . - death date: 19 july 1943 - allegiance: soviet union - nickname: katya - awards: order red star , order of the patriotic war -lrb- twice of -rrb- , hero of the russian federation -lrb- posthumous -rrb- the red banner , order of the - birth date: 06 december 1916 - serviceyears: 1941 -- 1943 - name: yekaterina budanova - branch: soviet air force - image: litvyak , budanova and kuznetsova.jpg - birth place: konoplanka , smolensk oblast , russian empire - rank: captain Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of yekaterina budanova .
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yekaterina vasylievna budanova -lrb- cyrillic : -rrb- , also known as katya budanova -lrb- -rrb- , -lrb- 6 december 1916 -- 19 july 1943 -rrb- , was a fighter pilot in the soviet air force during world war ii .with 11 air victories , along with lydia litvyak , she was one of the world 's two female fighter aces .she was shot down by either luftwaffe ace georg schwientek of '' jg 52 '' or ace emil bitsch , of '' jg 3 '' .