Aleksandra Fyodorovna Akimova (Russian: Александра Фёдоровна Акимова; 5 May 1922 – 29 December 2012) was a Soviet squadron navigator in the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment during the Second World War.
After graduating from secondary school she entered history classes at the Moscow Pedagogical Institute in addition to nursing courses.
After the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 she applied to enlist in the Red Army but her request was initially denied and she was sent to assist in construction of defensive fortifications around Mozhaysk.
[1][2] Eventually accepted into the military in October 1941, she attended an accelerated navigation course at Engels Military Aviation School in Saratov; upon graduating from the training in February 1942 she was assigned to the 588th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, with which she was deployed to the warfront in May.
[3][4][5] After the end of the war Akimova was demobilized from the military in October 1945 and she soon returned to her studies at the Moscow Pedagogical Institute.