Irina Rakobolskaya led the Soviet Union's women's regiment, nicknamed the Night Witches, who were the first women of any nation to fly in combat. WomensHistoryMonth
Eastern Europe explodes as Germany invades the Soviet Union. More than three million German troops overwhelm the Soviet Army. It's the largest military invasion in history. The Soviets, allied with the United States against Nazi Germany, suffer millions of casualties. Desperate for resources, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin authorizes the first female bomber regiments.
SNOW: In the spring of 1942, the women's regiment is sent to the front lines, and as many as 40 crews of pilots and navigators are equipped for combat with the old-fashioned two-seated Polikarpov Po-2, a bi-plane constructed of plywood and oiled fabric and extremely fragile. Dr. GRANT: It was much more like a World War I airplane than a World War II airplane.
SNOW: Their night missions take them over enemy lines in the dark to bomb German targets like supply depots, airfields, and even troops. They endure temperatures as low as zero degrees in the open cockpit, and sometimes toss out a small bomb or extra grenades carried in their laps. The Germans nickname them ‘Nachthexen,’ the Night Witches, for their elusive midnight raids.
Dr. GRANT: When they were close to their aim point they would switch off their engines and glide in silently to drop the bomb.
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