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Pilots of the "Night Witches", female Soviet pilots who fought against the Nazi invaders, WW2, 1942 (media.piefed.social)
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[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

Fun facts about the Night Witches:

  • they flew antiquated, cloth-wing biplanes in the dark, without any sort of night vision, much less radar
  • they would cut their engines and glide silently on the final approach to their bombing runs
  • they initially refused to carry parachutes, to reduce weight and increase their speed and range