This episode is about the Soviet 588th bomber regiment. They were all-female and got the nickname Night Witches from the sound their planes made after they killed their engines for maximum effect. This sound made German think of the broomsticks of witches, and they called them Nachthexen.
Sources: - Tver United State Museum - Photo of the instructor Semeon Lykin and a group of pilots posing in front of a Polikarpov Po-2 courtessy of Franco Folini on Flickr - Po-2 Sudstroitel; 588th night light bomber aviation regiment - all courtessy of Segey G on Flickr - SA-kuva 39220 - Sniper scope icon by DTDesign from the Noun Project
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