Vasilisa Sergeevna Pashchenko (Russian: Василиса Сергеевна Пащенко; 1923 – 19 April 1945) was a radio operator in the Soviet Air Force during World War II who was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation in 2021.

Born to a Russian peasant family in Millerovo in 1923, she went on to enlist in the Red Army in 1942 to aid the war effort during the ongoing fight against the German occupation of the Soviet Union.

There, she entered combat, and in March 1945 she was awarded the Order of the Red Star for participating in 25 sorties, of which 16 were over Budapest.

[1][2] On 19 April 1945, the A-20 bomber she was flying as radio operator was hit by a barrage of anti-aircraft fire while approaching the Czech city of Brno.

Pashchenko remained in the plane while the pilot attempted an emergency landing, but he was killed in the crash.