Soviet heroine "Night Witch" Nadezhda Popova dies aged 91.
"In old plywood biplanes and only ever at night, she flew 852 missions....the only one to win three Orders of the Patriotic War for bravery. In late 1941 Stalin signed an order to establish three all-women air force units to be grouped into separate fighter, dive-bomber and night-bomber regiments. Over the next four years these regiments flew more than 30,000 combat sorties. Popova, then 19, was one of the first to join the 588th Night Bomber Regiment."
from the Times yesterday, quoting the Daily Telegraph.
Can anyone post a picture of Nadezhda?
Last edited by mary meagher; 15th Jul 2013 at 19:09.