The Night Witches and the plywood bombers that terrorized the Eastern Front
The Night Witches flew 23,000 combat sorties in plywood biplanes, becoming one of WWII's most feared bomber units.
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The Night Witches and the Soviet women who bombed the Eastern Front in plywood biplanes
The Night Witches were Soviet women who flew obsolete biplanes on daring nighttime bombing raids against German forces from 1942 to 1945.
TaildraggerThe Night Witches and the Polikarpov Po-2 biplanes that terrorized the Eastern Front
The Night Witches flew obsolete wood-and-canvas biplanes on 23,000+ combat missions, terrorizing German forces with silent glide-bombing attacks.
TaildraggerThe Night Witches and the Soviet women who bombed the Eastern Front in plywood biplanes
The Night Witches of the 588th Regiment flew plywood biplanes with dead engines through enemy fire, completing over 23,000 combat sorties on the Eastern Front.
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