46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/46th_Taman_Guards_Night_Bomber_Aviation_Regiment
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod 1942–1945
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Order_of_the_Red_Banner
gptkb:Order_of_Suvorov
Guards designation
gptkbp:basisFor gptkb:Engels,_Saratov_Oblast
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Taman
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Soviet_Air_Forces
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Yevdokiya_Bershanskaya
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Night_Witches
gptkbp:notableFor heroism in combat
all-female combat unit
female pilots and navigators
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Irina_Sebrova
gptkb:Nadezhda_Popova
gptkb:Polina_Gelman
gptkb:Yevdokiya_Nikulina
gptkb:Marina_Raskova
gptkb:Yevdokiya_Rachkevich
gptkbp:originalName gptkb:588th_Night_Bomber_Regiment
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:46th_Taman_Guards_Night_Bomber_Aviation_Regiment
gptkbp:role night bombing
gptkbp:size gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:usedInAircraft gptkb:Polikarpov_Po-2
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:588th_Bombardment_Group
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6