369 - The Night Witches
Do Go On16 Nov 2022

369 - The Night Witches

The Night Witches were an all-female squadron of badass bomber pilots who the Nazis were shit-scared of! Tune in for the story!


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Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.history.com/news/meet-the-night-witches-the-daring-female-pilots-who-bombed-nazis-by-night

https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/06/night-witches-wwii-female-pilots

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/03/01/fierce-feared-female-wwii-pilots-known-night-witches/

https://www.wrightmuseum.org/2020/10/01/the-soviet-night-witches/

http://thefemalesoldier.com/blog/marina-raskova

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/the-red-air-force-night-witches-flight-of-the-rodina/

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