Night Witches: Silent Bombers of WWII

“These women bombed the Nazis… using silent wooden planes.” The Soviet “Night Witches” were an

all-female bombing squadron who flew old wooden biplanes. They cut the engines before their attack

runs, gliding silently over German camps. Nazis couldn’t hear them coming — until

bombs landed. They flew over 30,000 missions and terrified German soldiers so much they believed

the women weren’t human.