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"Night Witches" was a World War II nickname for the all-female military aviators of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, known later as the 46th "Taman" Guards Night Bomber Aviation Red Banner and Order o
A Polikarpov Po-2, the aircraft type used by the regiment
Yevdokiya Bershanskaya, regimental commander.
Serafima Amosova
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Serafima Tarasovna Amosova was the deputy commander of flight operations in the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment during the Second World War.
Night Witches
…Yevdokiya Bershanskaya – regiment commander Serafima Amosova – deputy regiment commander Yevdokiya Rachkevich – commissar…
Serafima Amosova portrait
Asimova (far right) assigns missions to members of the 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment (the famous "Night Witches") in a 1943 photograph.