@roadkillcobra@radical.town Fantastic story, had never heard of them. Brave indeed!
Found source confirming at Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Witches
TY for the post!
@design_RG @roadkillcobra “Mechanics Raisa Kharitonova and Tamara Frolova were sentenced to ten years of imprisonment for dismantling a flare (used by navigators to see the bombing targets) and using the small silk parachute to sew undergarments. Both of them were retrained as navigators” every time i hear about this some new delightful detail jumps out
@mood
Yes, I read that part too. Really difficult times in the Soviet Union, even before they were invaded.
Stalin was a cruel man, sadly he got to power and decimated most other leadership in the country.
That detail about people trying to make underwear (possibly hard to get at the time I imagine) from the small parachutes is very interesting. The ladies probably paid a heavy price for being caught.
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