The Soviet 588th Night Bomber regiment "The Night Witches" in 1940 [1037x588] r/HistoryPorn

Night Bomber Regiment 588. Soviet stealth bombers Regiment 588, better known as the Night Witches circa 1943/44 r Wikimedia Commons At its largest, the 588th Night Bomber Regiment was made up of 40 two-person crews, all between the ages of 17 and 26. All told, the pioneering all-female 588th Night Bomber Regiment dropped more than 23,000 tons of bombs on Nazi targets

One of them, Night Bomber Regiment 588, was called "Nachthexen," or "Night Witches," by the Germans. "The Night Witches" was the nickname the Germans gave the female aviators of the Soviet Union's 588th Night Bomber Regiment during World War Two

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Wikimedia Commons At its largest, the 588th Night Bomber Regiment was made up of 40 two-person crews, all between the ages of 17 and 26. "Night Witches" (German: die Nachthexen; Russian: Ночные ведьмы, Nochnyye Vedmy) was a World War II German nickname for the all-female military aviators of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment (Russian: 588-й ночной легкобомбардировочный авиационный полк, romanized: 588-y nochnoy. In the summer of 1941 Marina Raskova, a record-breaking aviatrix was called upon to organize a regiment of women pilots to fly night combat missions of harassment bombing

PPT A.P.E. PowerPoint Presentation ID1818698. The Soviet Union formed three regiments of female pilots Wikimedia Commons At its largest, the 588th Night Bomber Regiment was made up of 40 two-person crews, all between the ages of 17 and 26.

The Night Witches. The 588th Night Bomber Regiment operated by idling their Po2 biplanes and. In World War II, American women such as the WASPs supported the war by ferrying and testing planes. One of them, Night Bomber Regiment 588, was called "Nachthexen," or "Night Witches," by the Germans.