It was the spring of 1943, at the height of World War II. Two pilots, members of the Soviet Air Force, were flying their planes—Polikarpov Po-2 biplanes, built mainly of plywood and canvas—over a ...
During World War II, a group of female pilots called the Soviet Night Witches bombed Nazis after nightfall. Although rarely any mention of them is made in history books, they played a significant role ...