Excellent documentary

[mic-d]

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/2295734757/Spitfire-Women?fb_action_ids=494290043935454&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582

[rwbuild]

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

[chambezio]

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

[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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Witches)

Regards
Paul

[mic-d]

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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Witches)

Regards
Paul

Thanks Paul, hadn't heard of them.