Marina Popovich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marina Popovich

Soviet pilot, writer and ufologist

Date of Birth: 20-Jul-1931

Place of Birth: Velizhsky District, Smolensk Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 30-Nov-2017

Profession: writer, engineer, test pilot, aircraft pilot

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Marina Lavrentievna Popovich (née Vasiliyeva; July 20, 1931 – November 30, 2017) was a Soviet Air Force colonel, engineer, and decorated Soviet test pilot.
In 1964, she became the third woman and the first Soviet woman to break the sound barrier.
Known as "Madame MiG", for her work in the Soviet fighter, she set more than one hundred aviation world records on over 40 types of aircraft over her career.