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Night witches-Russia's 3 all-female air regiments
« Thread Started on Nov 2, 2009, 7:34am »

Don't ever remember any reference to this.

Night witches

Russia's three all-female air regiments flew more than 30,000 missions along the Eastern Front in WWII.
At home they were known as Stalin's Falcons, but terrified German troops called them the Night Witches.

See the slide show here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8329676.stm

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Re: Night witches-Russia's 3 all-female air regime
« Reply #1 on Nov 2, 2009, 7:10pm »

Sure beats Rosie the Riveter.

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« Reply #2 on Nov 10, 2009, 4:32pm »

I listened to the BBC World Service's interviews with the Night Witches. Unfortunately, as with everything the BBC does, it tried to include some negative portrayals about the USSR's role in World War II, as well.

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