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WorksheetsNight Witches
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
During their military regrouping and reorganization in 1941, the Soviet Armed Forces mobilized 800,000 women.
True
False
The unit flew in brand new U-2 biplanes that were designed and manufactured in 1942.
True
False
Their aircraft could fly low to the ground and could glide because it was lightweight.
true
false
The German soldiers said the incoming sound of the bombers was like the sound of broomsticks and named them Celestial Witches.
true
false
The USA and Great Britain had their own version of these female bombers called "Allied Mamas."
true
false
The Soviet Union was the last nation to allow women to fly combat missions.
true
false
The 588 squad had no parachutes and no radar.
true
false
The planes of the 588 were decorated with sharks and pictures of dead Nazis.
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false
The planes of the 588 were decorated with flowers.
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false
Their male counterparts hailed them as super pilots from the start.
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false
One male general complained that instead of pilots he was sent a bunch of:
(a)
The PO 2 had an open (a) which left the pilots' faces to freeze.
(a) was the commander of the 588 squad.
Eight to eighteen missions were known to be flown during the day by these pilots.
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false
(a) was the woman pilot who convinced Stalin to issue female pilots a combat license.
