Valentina Sergeevna Stupina (Russian: Валентина Сергеевна Ступина; 4 June 1920 – 22 August 1943) was a Soviet-Russian pilot, flight navigator, and the head of communications of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment during World War II until her death in 1943, after which her role was taken over by Khiuaz Dospanova.

After living in Samara for a year she moved to Stavropol where she was active in sports and graduated from secondary school with honors in 1937, after which she entered the Moscow Aviation Institute where she studied until the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.

After the start of the war she left school to work digging anti-tank ditches and constructing defensive fortifications.

[1][2] After being encouraged by the Komsomol to join the women's aviation regiment founded by Marina Raskova, Stupina volunteered in October.

The regimental commander, Yevdokia Bershanskaya, sent her mother Polina Stupina a telegram informing her of Valentina's death but she did not arrive until after the burial.