Some of the Soviet women aviators ended up becoming so deadly, that they earned a nickname from the Germans that stuck: called the Russian Night Witches.
Russian women called the Night Witches were the only women in the world who engaged in aerial combat during World War Two.
23 February 1945: Guards Lieutenant Natalya Fedorovna Meklin, a senior pilot with the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, 325th Night Bomber Aviation Division, 4th Air Army, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union by decree of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. This was in acknowledgement of the … Continue reading Guards Lieutenant Natalya Fedorovna Meklin, Hero of the Soviet Union →
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They were a crucial Soviet asset to winning World War II.
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24–25 September 1938: Valentina Stepanovna Grizodubova (Валентина Степановна Гризодубова), Polina Denisovna Osipenko (Полина Денисовна Осипенко) and Marina Mikailovna Raskova (Марина Mихайловна Раскова) set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Record for Distance in a Straight Line Without Landing when they flew a twin-engine Tupolev ANT-37 named Rodina from Tchelcovo, an airport near Moscow, Russia, to the River Amgun, Khabarovsk Krai, … Continue reading 24–25 September 1938 →
U-2 or Po-2 was a multi-purpose Soviet biplane developed by the Soviet aircraft designer Nikolai Polikarpov in 1927. It is one of the most massively
They were a crucial Soviet asset to winning World War II.
U-2 or Po-2 was a multi-purpose Soviet biplane developed by the Soviet aircraft designer Nikolai Polikarpov in 1927. It is one of the most massively
The Soviet Union was the first of all countries to allow women to fly combat missions during WWII. Known as the "Night Witches", these ladies flew planes,
Celebrating the stoicism and endurance of the heroic women of World War Two, who served in the Allied forces and on the home front between 1939 and 1945
The Soviet Union was the first of all countries to allow women to fly combat missions during WWII. Known as the "Night Witches", these ladies flew planes,
U-2 or Po-2 was a multi-purpose Soviet biplane developed by the Soviet aircraft designer Nikolai Polikarpov in 1927. It is one of the most massively
U-2 or Po-2 was a multi-purpose Soviet biplane developed by the Soviet aircraft designer Nikolai Polikarpov in 1927. It is one of the most massively
Russian women called the Night Witches were the only women in the world who engaged in aerial combat during World War Two.
In 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Because of their superior technology and their rapid success in taking territory, the Germans had expected a
