Sioux Falls Feminists endorse Night Witches for showing the
unparalleled bravery of these women. They flew up to a thousand
missions and every one carried a high risk of no return.

Night Witches
The Amazing Story of
Russia's Women Pilots in World War II
By Bruce Myles

Night Witches (1990) - 272 pages
Night Witches at Amazon.com

In 1941, as the Nazi hordes swept eastward into the Soviet Union, the desperate call went out for female volunteers to join the Russian air force.

These were not just a few exceptional cases, for they made up three entire regimens of women.

In rickety biplanes, they flew bombing missions at night,
without parachutes; their only protection was the darkness.

For too long, this amazing story of war, love and adventure has remained mostly unknown.

Now Bruce Myles has brilliantly captured the lives, the exploits, the loves and fears of the women pilots whom the Germans came to dread as the "Night Witches."

Night Witches
The Amazing Story of
Russia's Women Pilots in World War II
By Bruce Myles

Sioux Falls Feminists endorse Night Witches for showing the
unparalleled bravery of these women. They flew up to a thousand
missions and every one carried a high risk of no return.