Stories of the Paranormal, Supernatural, Legends, Lore, Mysterious Macabre, Unsolved and Unexplained
They flew planes made of plywood and canvas that could catch fire from a single tracer bullet, navigating by starlight with nothing but a compass and a map, their faces freezing in open cockpits while German searchlights hunted them through the darkness.
Armed with outdated biplanes made of fabric and wood, teenage Soviet girls flew 30,000 bombing raids in complete darkness, becoming so feared that German soldiers wouldn’t even light cigarettes at night.