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Offline RJH57

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WWII Soviet "Night Witch"
« on: August 13, 2016, 01:18:50 PM »
testing the Windows 10 OneDrive photo sharing feature on my new computer

Soviet Air Force officer Rufina Gasheva who flew 848 night missions as navigator in a Polikarpov Po-2 biplane:
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"In Fighters, one must always quest to be
     a well-oiled machine fore Belching,
Whoring and Punching of Heads because
 inevitably the Goal is to flame the Enemy
            and Screw his Old Lady"

Offline Vulcan

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Re: WWII Soviet "Night Witch"
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2016, 05:12:50 PM »
Pretty epic young lady.
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Offline Shuffler

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Re: WWII Soviet "Night Witch"
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2016, 06:20:39 PM »
Amazing....... another of the many stories of WWII.

She survived to 2012.
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Offline Hajo

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Re: WWII Soviet "Night Witch"
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2016, 06:40:08 PM »
They would actually shut down their engines to glide in with silence.  Great story.  They scared the hell out of the German ground troops.
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