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Offline SysError

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The Night Witches and World War II
« on: April 12, 2019, 10:22:32 AM »
I thought that this was interesting


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Re: The Night Witches and World War II
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2019, 04:32:33 PM »
I recently enjoyed watching the eight episodes of "Night Swallows" on Amazon Prime, a fictionalized version of their exploits.

On 8th October 1941, Stalin issued a secret order forming a female aviation unit. Known later as the 46th "Taman" Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment. A unit like this had never existed before. The most highly decorated female unit in the Soviet Air Force, each pilot had flown over 1000 missions by the end of the war with twenty-three pilots awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union.

I understand the book "Night Witches" is very good.
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Re: The Night Witches and World War II
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2019, 04:47:50 PM »
Excellent tidbit!

Thanks for sharing SysError
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Re: The Night Witches and World War II
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2019, 05:45:18 PM »
Russian chicks are nothing to play with lol.....they can get hostile and violent easily....especially if you mess with their feelings.
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Offline SysError

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Re: The Night Witches and World War II
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2019, 12:52:32 PM »
I recently enjoyed watching the eight episodes of "Night Swallows" on Amazon Prime, a fictionalized version of their exploits.


Didn't know about this.  thanks for info.!
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