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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 04:31 AM Original message |
"Night Witches" The female fighter pilots of WW2 |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 04:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. PROUD to be the first rec! |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. beautiful women. I love the name. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Yes, I recommended this too. We're lucky in this country we get to pick and choose who has to fight |
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New Dawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 04:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. K&R |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 05:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. "I too was there on Saint Crispin's Day |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 05:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. A little more about how the Nachthexen operated.. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 05:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I've seen reference to these amazing women. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
48. That's where I first read of them.. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Thanks for that |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
44. OMG! WWI Bi-Planes! |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
6. I just read about them.... |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
7. Why have I never heard of this before? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Cold War |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. But, we heard about women doctors... |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. For the same reason Anonymous was a woman. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. I'm sure that has something to do with it, but |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. You should have asked me! |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
8. This is very interesting. |
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saskawoo (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
9. I saw some of them |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. K&Rr for these heroic women |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. wow..never heard of that before... |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. And there's also Lieutenant Lydia Litvyak |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
13. And the valiant Women's Battalion of Death during World War I |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. K&R |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
15. Wow. Thanks so much for posting this. |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. wow. tough ladies: |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
17. Cornelia M. Fort - WASP Pilot, Female aviation pioneer. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Wait....did I read that right? |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Jeff was the nickname she gave herself. Full name Jean Marie Donnell |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. Thx. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. kick |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
24. Very cool ! |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
25. Thanks! (n/t) |
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demodonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
26. A late friend of mine wrote a novel based on the Night Witches |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
27. Not fighters. Soviet women flew slow, vulnerable bombers. The men dominated the fighter planes. nt |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. ??? n/t |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. The original OP refers to "combat" pilots and the term 'fighter' pilots |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Thanks. I appreciate you taking the time to |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Sound like a lot of Navy vets I know! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 08:16 AM Response to Reply #38 |
50. both. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 08:58 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Yes, but the majority of women were flying bombers, as per your example at |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 09:01 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. there was a fighter group, & apparently they flew a significant number of missions. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I didn't say that didn't happen. nt |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. i didn't say you did. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Tell that to Lydia Litvyak or Yekaterina Budanova |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I didn't say women didn't fly fighters, but they mostly flew bombers. It's a sore spot. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 08:14 AM Response to Reply #27 |
49. fighter pilots too. |
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Vehl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. Very interesting read. thanks! +rec |
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Curtland1015 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. "Night Witches" is a badass name! (NT) |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
34. When's the movie? |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
35. That has to be one of the coolest |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Read the kind of novel, War of the Rats or see the movie "Enemy at the Gates." It's based on |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
45. This story is REALLY FASCINATING! eom |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
47. K&R. Very cool, thanks. n/t |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. In Russia, WWII vets - men and women - often wear their medals every day. They aren't for |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. The WWII Soviet causalities are estimated at 20 million. |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
57. Bump |
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