"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, known later as the 46th "Taman" Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, of the Soviet Air Forces.Though women were officially barred from combat at the time, Major Marina Raskova used her position. All told, the pioneering all-female 588th Night Bomber Regiment dropped more than 23,000 tons of bombs on Nazi targets. And in doing so, they became a crucial Soviet asset in winning World War II .
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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. But the Night Witches were the first women military pilots in the 20th century to directly engage an enemy in combat. The pilots weren't the only women in the 588th. The 588th wasn't the only female aviation regiment in the Red Army Air Force. The 587th Bomber Regiment, which used Pe-2 bombers and the 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment were also formed in. Ultimately, the only air squad that belonged exclusively to the dominion of women was the 588th Night Bomber Regiment — the Night Witches — where every single individual from the pilots to the commander to the mechanics was in fact female. Thus, in 1942, the assemblage of the regiment began to proceed in Engels, a small town near Stalingrad. It was Tamara Pamyatnykh, one of the members of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment of the Soviet Air Forces. The 588th was the most highly decorated female unit in that force, flying 30,000 missions.
Colorized photo of two officers in the 588th "Night Witches" Bomber Regiment, the USSR's most
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 women flew repurposed 1920s biplanes, made of canvas-draped plywood, that. By the end of the war, the Night Witches had flown somewhere in the vicinity of 30,000 bombing raids, delivering around 23,000 tons of munitions right to Nazi's. The 588th lost 30 pilots during. The Night Witches regiment was the most highly decorated all-female unit in the Red Air Force. Twenty-three of its pilots and navigators received the Hero of the Soviet Union medal, the USSR's highest valor award. ACG salutes the courage and skill of these Great Warriors. Originally published in the May 2015 issue of Armchair General. The women were part of the Soviet Union's all-female 588th Night Bomber Regiment, and among the world's first female combat flight pilots. In the dark, they'd cut their engines and fly close.
The Night Witches. The 588th Night Bomber Regiment operated by idling their Po2 biplanes and
While two of them inevitably became mixed-gendered, the 588th Night Bomber Regiment remained exclusively women for the entirety of its existence. Around 400 women, ranging in age from 17 to 25. According to the Wright Museum of World War 2, 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. But the Night Witches were the first women military pilots in the 20th century to directly engage an enemy in combat.
The only one reported to have remained exclusively female was the team of night bombers, the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, where everyone from the pilots, to the commanders, to the mechanics were. Orna Merchant learns how, during World War Two, a desperate Soviet Union created three all-female aerial combat units. The most celebrated of these was the 588th Night Bomber Regiment.
Flag for the WW2 Soviet 588th Night Bomber Regiment (aka The Night Witches) r/vexillology
The Night Witches, officially known as the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, was a group of all-woman Soviet pilots who flew bombing missions against German forces during the Second World War. These pilots earned their nickname from the Germans, who noted that their Polikarpov Po-2 biplanes sounded like broomsticks. The 588th Night Bomber Regiment was the brainchild of Marina Raskova, a famous pilot and navigator often called "the Soviet Amelia Earhart". Raskova was the first woman to become a navigator in the Soviet Air Force and set many long-distance flying records while serving as an instructor at the Zhukosvky Air Academy.
