[b]Aleksandra I. Pokryshkin[/b] (Александра И.[Ивановна] Покрышкин) is a [[strike_witches|Strike Witches]] character, an Orussian witch of the [[502nd Joint Fighter Wing]], captain from the Orussian Army's 216th Fighter Aviation Regiment, and Orussia's top flying ace. Her familiar is a [[polar bear]].

Aleksandra is structured and sometimes perfectionistic, often acting as foil to the hijinks of [[Waltrud Krupinski|Krupinski]] and the carelessness of [[Nikka Edvardine Katajainen|Katajainen]]. With Nikka, Aleksandra is portrayed as especially close; despite the constant headache of having to repair Nikka's broken [[Striker Unit|units]], it has brought them together in a certain "care-taker" sort of way.

This character was inspired by Russian ace Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin, who was nicknamed "Engineer" when he was a teenager, to which Aleksandra's mechanical inclinations are a reference.

Aleksandra's family name seems to break the rules of real-world Russian, where this type of last name should absolutely have a feminine suffix ("Pokryshkin[b]a[/b]").

h4. External links

* "Strike Witches Wiki: Aleksandra I. Pokryshkin":[https://worldwitches.fandom.com/wiki/Aleksandra_I._Pokryshkin]
* "Wikipedia: Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pokryshkin]
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