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[Becca]

A WWII Aviation story most people haven't heard much about - featured on the radio this morning:

 

http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi2896.htm

 

[scottfromiowa]

Thank you for sharing this awesome story. I can't imagine the skill, courage and fear that must have been involved with flying these missions. To do it over and over again. Simply incredible airwomanship.

The psychological aspect of this warefare was certainly effective. If anyone has every played IL-2 (WWII Air combat simulation) you know how difficult it is to get airborne, locate and destroy such an enemy.

Great tribute. The WASPS did some amazing things in ferry missions throughout WWII. Great article on back cover (August 2013 AOPA) on Fran Bera. Russians had some great ones...so did/do we.

[fantom]

Nightwitches – Female Russian bombers who bombed Germany during WW2. They had old, noisy planes & the engines used to conk out halfway through their missions, so they had to climb out on the wings mid-flight to restart the props. To stop Germans from hearing them & starting up the anti aircraft guns, they would climb to a certain height, coast down to German positions, drop their bombs, restart their engines in midair & get the hell out of dodge. Their leader flew 200+ missions & was never captured.

 

 

No GPS, no A/P, no ADS-B in or out, no engine monitors, no AOA, no oxygen, no accident reports to obsess over, just guts, a cause and a mission. REAL PILOTS.

[1964-M20E]

Yes and no laywers either