Labels:airplane | hakham | reckoner | sky OCR: BARBAROSSA THE NIGHT WITCHES Soviet Women Pilots in Combat Against the Luftwaffe! The women pilots demonstrated repeatedly their ability to bomb accurately their willingness to face the same dangers confronting male pilots plus the unique hardships suffered by women soldiers falling into enemy hands In all some 24,000 sorties were flown by the women dropping thousands of tons of bombs over enemy lines great cost Casualties were very high The Germans were SO annoyed by their raids they dubbed the Po-2s "Duty Sergeants because they made Jife atthe front so uncomfortable The Soviet Union awarded 30 women Hero of the Soviet Union citations Twenty three were won bi Night Witches EXIT PRINT LAST life