The Russian Girls !

[Adrian Stevenson]

I think much earlier, note the Obr35 Gyms and use of captured Polish arms.. 1941 or 42.

[McSeam]

"Natalya Mykelin HOSU flying with the Night Witches ! "


I'd spell the surname like Meklin or Mecklin. In Russian it's Меклин.

Actually, here is the wiki info:
Natalya Meklin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Aldo]

Great thread. I have read about the night witches before but I was wondering if anyone knows of any films made on the subject matter. I'd love to see a flick based on these female pilots.

[McSeam]

Great thread. I have read about the night witches before but I was wondering if anyone knows of any films made on the subject matter. I'd love to see a flick based on these female pilots.

There is the old Soviet film "В небе ночные ведьмы" (Night Witches in the sky) 1982. Try to find it anywhere.
Here, for example: http://www.fast-torrent.ru/film/v-ne...-and-quot.html

The film director is Evgenia Zhigulenko (Евгения Жигуленко). She was one of them. 968 combat flights before she turned 25. Pics are below.

There are a lot of beautiful girls in Russia. There are no such Heros now.

[Aldo]

Thank you, I'll look for it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_7hgPY1j1c

[ph3s]

I'll post it here if you don't mind

08.09.2011

Hero of Soviet Union Nadezhda Troyan age 90 y/o is gone

a brave woman, one of the best scouts and partisan in occupied Belarus. Was involved in operation of determination of Wilhelm Kube.

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Троян, Надежда Викторовна — Википедия

[Paul D]

Thanks for all the new links everybody , no other country used so many women in combat roles so this is a big area of interest for me

[XeXe]

I wonder if anyone has a reliable data not corrupted by the post-war propaganda. I am interested in losses among Russian women soldiers. Of course I could google for it, but some of the informations is duplicated between pages, even from old sources and it is difficult to obtain reliable data.

Here some pictures i got on my HDD (surce: various websites, don't remember exact URLs)

[XeXe]

I'm asking again anybody got reliable data about causalities among female Russian soldiers during the WW2 ?

[Paul D]

Hopefully some of our Russian members can provide you with these figures ??