Night Witches The AllFemale WWII Night Bomber Regiment Owlcation

Night Bomber Regiment 588. 588th Night Bomber Regiment (Night Witches) The 588th was so successful and deadly that the Germans came to fear them, calling them Nachthexen--night witches. The Soviet Union formed three regiments of female pilots

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 They were the all-women pilots of Russia's 588th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Flag for the WW2 Soviet 588th Night Bomber Regiment (aka The Night Witches) r/vexillology

And in doing so, they became a crucial Soviet asset in winning World War II. All told, the pioneering all-female 588th Night Bomber Regiment dropped more than 23,000 tons of bombs on Nazi targets Much has been written about the 588 th Night Bomber Regiment, later renamed the 46th "Taman" Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, the all-female VVS regiment that carried out night bombing harassment missions against German ground troops, and for good reason, as these young women performed amazingly heroic actions during the Great Patriotic War

Why the ‘Night Witches’ and their commander were a nightmare for the Nazis in WWII Russia Beyond. And in doing so, they became a crucial Soviet asset in winning World War II. The regiment, formed by Major Marina Raskova and led by Major Yevdokiya Bershanskaya, was made up primarily of.

The might of the night witches Stunning colour pictures of the allfemale combat pilots of. They were the all-women pilots of Russia's 588th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment In World War II, American women such as the WASPs supported the war by ferrying and testing planes.