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"Night Witches" (German: die Nachthexen; Russian: Ночные ведьмы, Nochnyye Vedmy) was a World War II German nickname for the all-female military aviators of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, known later as the 46th "Taman" Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, of the Soviet Air Forces.
- 1942–1945
- Soviet Union
7 de jul. de 2017 · The Night Witches. They flew under the cover of darkness in bare-bones plywood biplanes. They braved bullets and frostbite in the air, while battling skepticism and sexual harassment on the...
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17 de out. de 2018 · By Irene Jagla. Besides having what just might be the coolest name in aviation history, the Night Witches were a tough bunch of women pilots and navigators who stood their own against the male-dominated Soviet military ranks. Their sacrifices earned them national acclaim and their accomplishments were a result of the Soviet Union’s desperate ...
3 de dez. de 2022 · The Night Witches: The All-Female World War II Squadron That Terrified The Nazis. By John Kuroski | Edited By Jaclyn Anglis. Published December 3, 2022. Updated November 7, 2023. The all-female members of the Soviet's 588th Night Bomber Regiment painted their planes with flowers and attacked Nazi forces across the Eastern Front.
- John Kuroski
18 de jun. de 2015 · Namely the Night Witches, an all-female squadron of bomber pilots who ran thousands of daring bombing raids with little more than wooden planes and the cover of night—and should be as...
- Eric Grundhauser
25 de jun. de 2015 · atlas obscura. The Little-Known Story of the Night Witches, an All-Female Force in WWII. By Eric Grundhauser. June 25, 2015. From Sovfoto/UIG via Getty Images. In the Nazi-occupied Soviet...
1 de mar. de 2019 · Advertisement. This article was published more than 5 years ago. Retropolis. Fierce, feared and female: The WWII pilots known as the ‘Night Witches’. Their planes were rickety crop-dusters,...
