The Night Witches used the Polikarpov PO-2 to make life miserable for Wehrmacht ground troops. As part of its Women’s History ...

When people hear about the Night Witches, they often imagine fearless figures moving like shadows through the sky. Behind that image were real women who faced fear every night and chose to fly anyway.

Today (tonight?) we’re talking about a chilling chapter from flight history— Night Bomber Regiment 588. They were a group of about 80 Soviet women who flew combat missions during World War II. Led by ...

They brought nightly terror to German skies at the height of World War II. The Germans called them the “Night Witches” — 80 or so female aviators from Russia ...