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The Night Witches of World War Two

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Flying a Polykarpov PO2 Biplane

Claire Tector is a pilot at the Shuttleworth Collection in England, where she flies the only working model of this aircraft in the UK. The Polykarpov PO2 biplane sounds like a tractor but has plenty of horsepower and it runs quite nicely once you've given it time to warm up and get going. It makes it easier to maintain in the field. And even if they could only carry a handful of bombs, it was better than nothing. They could fly over enemy lines and try to keep the Germans from getting any sleep.

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