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Title: WWII Soviet "Night Witch"
Post by: RJH57 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:
https://1drv.ms/i/s!AkGpC4yjaS1okxw61KQ5Ff-Se5RC

Title: Re: WWII Soviet "Night Witch"
Post by: Vulcan on August 13, 2016, 05:12:50 PM

Pretty epic young lady.

Title: Re: WWII Soviet "Night Witch"
Post by: Shuffler on August 13, 2016, 06:20:39 PM

Amazing....... another of the many stories of WWII.

She survived to 2012.

Title: Re: WWII Soviet "Night Witch"
Post by: Hajo 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.