The Soviet Union’s WW2 regiment of all women pilots flew over 24,000 missions. They specialized in harassment bombings of the enemy. They earned the nickname the Night Witches from the German’s for their demoralizing tactics of low flying, silent, night bombings. Flying small, 2 seat, wooden planes only large enough to carry 2 bombs, they would deliver their payloads sometimes 18 times a night, reeking havoc on the German offensive, sleep, and psyche