Soviet fighter planes in WWII were mostly plywood, too. E.g. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-3 … (Probably most pilots preferred US planes...)
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“canvas planes” it is then..
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Replying to @paweljmatusz @o_guest and
PO-2 was a mass-produced (20.000 made) all-purpose slow and light plane. Flown by countless pilots, male and female. Helicopter was not yet invented. It is a bit far-fetched to say it was solely due to discrimination that females got to fly them.
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Replying to @dimpase @paweljmatusz and
Thanks for explaining your perspective does this actually change the fact they were treated differently and therefore are undeniably the product of survivor bias?
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Also to be clear, you categorically disagree with Wikipedia? You should probably fix it then... I guess? it says PO-2 were "training aircraft (hence its original uchebnyy designation prefix of "U-") and for crop dusting" — don't seem too "good" let's say.
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Article is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Witches#History_and_tactics …
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Also states: "the aircraft were obsolete and slow"
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Also states "Though women were initially barred from combat, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin issued an order on October 8, 1941 to deploy three women's air force units, including the 588th regiment.
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The regiment, formed by Major Marina Raskova and led by Major Yevdokia Bershanskaya, was made up primarily of female volunteers in their late teens and early twenties." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Witches …
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This isn't looking like a sexism-free paradise, but they eventually let women do it.
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