The famous attack technique they used was to shut off their engine near the target and glide down with only the sound of the wind before the explosion. German soldiers likened the sound to broomsticks and named the pilots "Night Witches”
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They destroyed fascist forces all the way from Russia, through Belarus and Poland, up to Germany itself Most of the members were volunteers, girls in their 20s and some only teenagers
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There's a Russian TV-series with english subs which looks decent. There's also an older movie from 1981 called Night Witches in the Sky. https://youtu.be/MFK9wAOatGE
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Me thinks. Me thinks you know too much Russian stuff. Me thinks JackPosoBOT when you know too much Russian stuff. :LOL:
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Never count a good woman out.
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Awesome nickname, "Night Witches".
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Could have been a great
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