№ 284/кор. “To the 75th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945” series. 100th anniversary of the birth of A. Timofeyeva-Yegorova (1916‒2009), military pilot of attack aircraft, Hero of the Great Patriotic War

Sr.Lt. Anna Alexandrovna Timofeyeva (before her marriage – Yegorova) was a ground attack aircraft pilot, an air navigator of the 805th Attack Aviation Regiment (197th Ground Attack Division, 16th Air Army, 1st Belorussian Front).

She was born in village Volodovo on September 23, 1916 (now in the Tver Region). In 1939 she was successfully graduated from the Kherson flying school and became instructor at the Kalinin (Tver) Flying Club. Since summer 1941 she flew with the 130th Independent Communication Squadron of the Southern Front. In 1942 she got a transfer to ground attack aircraft into the 805th Attack Aviation Regiment.

Anna Timofeyeva took part in air battles over the Taman Peninsula, the Malaia Zemlia. She completed 277 mission sorties. May 6, 1945 she was awarded a title of a Hero of the Soviet Union.

Until retirement Anna Timofeyeva worked in the Moscow metro.

She was awarded the Order of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner, two Orders of the Patriotic War 1st class, the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari (Poland), the Order “For Honor and Gallantry” of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Medal “For the Victory Over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945”, the Medal “For the Defence of the Caucasus”.

The envelope with an original stamp features an emblem of the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945; the main image depicts a portrait of Anna Timofeyeva against a ground-attack aircraft Il-2 and the Gold Star Medal.