for those not in the know, night witches were russian lady bombers who bombed the shit out of german lines in WW2. Thing is though, they had the oldest, noisiest, crappest planes in the entire world. 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. the planes were also so noisy that to stop germans from hearing them combing and starting up their anti aircraft guns, they’d climb up to a certain height, coast down to german positions, drop their bombs, restart their engines in midair, and get the fuck out of dodge.
their leader flew over 200 missions and was never captured.
how the fuck is this not taught in every single history class ever
pilots (◡‿◡✿)
girl pilots (◕‿◕✿)
girl pilots killing nazis ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* (◕ヮ◕✿)/ *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧
But, remember, women never did anything in history.
I’m reblogging this again. Always reblogging. Always
And the Nazis called them “Night Witches” because you couldn’t fucking hear them. They basically appeared out of the night as if they were flying on brooms and dropped bombs.
Hell yeah
That leader was Yevdokia Bershanskaya and is the only woman so far to be awarded the Order of Suvorov, outstripping other more famous women of ww2 like Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Roza Shanina, and Marina Raskova (who was technically her boss). She eventually died in 1982, but not before 23 members of her unit were awarded Hero of the Soviet Union, 2 Heroes of Russia, and 1 Hero of Kazakhstan (which is important in many ways on its own). Heart attack took her when nothing else, including Axis flak, could.
This is what their planes looked like
It was so shitty it was considered a training plane for rookies only.
Part of it was the fact they WERE women because sexism was still alive in the Soviet Union despite the fact they could serve in combat. Give ‘em shitty planes because what do women know of flying? Save the good planes for the men.
im am literally begging y’all to reconsider your vice tight stance on “even daring to suggest lgbtqia+ spaces that arent clubs or bars is inherently homophobic” cause not only did everyone on this site want things like gay cafés like 3 years ago, but I cant even go to my uni’s lgbt+ society meetings any more cause all they ever do is go to a really loud bar. I’m autistic, I physically can’t cope with the environment. I also don’t drink, and this bar has 2 whole none alcoholic options that I can drink- the other 2 being cola and red bull. Not only is it just me, it’s also like all my friends at uni aswell, I made friends with a lot of queer people who don’t drink, including a trans man who doesn’t drink so he can take testosterone for longer without risking his health and anothe trans man who’s also autistic and can’t deal with clubs. It’s fucking cruel to expect us to settle with this one type of space in which we can’t cope with.
But i guess fuck me and my queer needs, cause as of the spawn of this shit awful discourse, anyone who dares suggest lgbt+ space that isnt a bar is almost immediately shut down with “thats homophobic” because?? Why? Iirc its cause asexual people started calling for more non alcohol related spaces and y’all hate asexual people with a passion so fuck the idea of accesible spaces because a tumblr user who’s ace and wanted said spaces suggested it.
News flash asshole, its not homophobic to want a queer space that’s suitable for your needs. Next time you make fun of people who ask for gay cafes or whatever because the idea sounds silly to you, bare in mind you’re acting like a right prick towards minors, disabled people, non drinkers and people who are recovering from addiction, and maybe just people who dont want to go to clubs.
The lgbtqia+ community isnt just able bodied young adults, stop acting like everything is already accomodated.
Would anyone like to see pictures of this bird I’m friends with
I love her
i am loving people’s attempts to identify this bird its just an australian magpie, she’s not a chimera, she’s not a fucked up crow, etc. she is just….. a regular run of the mill magpie
She is also a mother…. here is her yelling son who she brought to me one time
HOW THE HELL DID YOU BEFRIEND AN AUSTRALIAN MAGPIE
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