Sabiha Gökçen

Sabiha Gökçen, born Ćorović on 22 March 1913 and died on 22 March 2001, was a Turkish aviator. The source credits her with around 8,000 flying hours and participation in 32 different military operations. She is described as the world's first female fighter pilot, having reached that status at the age of 23, and the source says she was recognized as the first female combat pilot by The Guinness Book of World Records. As an orphan she was one of the nine children adopted by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. She was chosen as the only female pilot on the poster of The 20 Greatest Aviators in History published by the United States Air Force in 1996, and Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, the second airport of Istanbul, bears her name. The source lead also notes an ancestry controversy in Turkey connected to the assassination of Hrant Dink, and it says nothing further about her aircraft or training.