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amazonfeminist:

The “Night Witches” was the all female Night Bomber Regiment of the Soviet Air Forces that bombed German lines in WWII. They were equipped with the worst, oldest, noisest, crappest planes in the entire world. The engines used to conk out halfaway through missions and they had to climb on the wings mid flight to restart the props. To stop germans from hearing their noisy planes and firing at them, they’d climb up to a certain height, coast down to German positions, drop their bombs, restart their engines in midair, and get out as quickly as possible. Their leader flew over 200 missions and was never captured.

EXCUSE ME WHERE IS THEIR MOVIE

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    These girls were idols when I was growing up, as my original goal in life was to join the Air Force. It was a huge deal...
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    I feel like so few people have heard of The Night Witches which is such a shame. These ladies were nazi killing bad...
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