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 Polikarpov U-2/PO-2 NX46GU/23 Sovjet Armed Forces

Polikarpov U-2/PO-2 NX46GU/23 Sovjet Armed Forces

 Polikarpov U-2/PO-2 NX46GU/23 Sovjet Armed Forces

 

Painted in the colors of the female 46th Guards Regiment in which female pilots, called "the Night Witches", performed night missions over German camps under most perilous conditions. They approached the camps, then cut their engines to float quietly above and dropped their light bombs then started the engine again to escape.

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