The Soviet 588th Night Bomber Regiment flew over 23,000 combat missions in wood-and-canvas biplanes - and terrified the Wehrmacht enough to earn a nickname.
TaildraggerThe Soviet 588th Night Bomber Regiment flew over 23,000 combat sorties in fabric biplanes against Nazi Germany, haunting the Eastern Front from 1942 to 1945.
TaildraggerThe Soviet 588th Night Bomber Regiment flew obsolete biplanes in silence over German lines - and became one of WWII's most effective and feared combat units.
TaildraggerThe all-female 588th Night Bomber Regiment flew over 23,000 combat sorties in WWI-era Po-2 biplanes, earning the German nickname 'Night Witches.'
TaildraggerThe 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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