Excellent documentary

I saw this on SBS the other night and it's given me a new group of heroes. Highly recommended.

http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video...88381481237582

First Iv;e ever heard of them, will watch later

Damn fine docco.
I saw just the tale end a little while ago.
A lot of them had no radio and only rudimentary navigation assistance. Really well worth seeing

It reminded me of the "Night Witches." They were Russian women who flew Polikarpov Po-2 planes, which I think can be euphemistically be described as agricultural tending to primitive. They in fact flew on active missions often flying several sorties in a single night.

This is the wiki link if you are interested:

Night Witches - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Regards
Paul

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Originally Posted by Bushmiller

It reminded me of the "Night Witches." They were Russian women who flew Polikarpov Po-2 planes, which I think can be euphemistically be described as agricultural tending to primitive. They in fact flew on active missions often flying several sorties in a single night.

This is the wiki link if you are interested:

Night Witches - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Regards
Paul

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Thanks Paul, hadn't heard of them.