588th Night Bomber Regiment

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/588th_Night_Bomber_Regiment
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod 1942–1945
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Red_Banner
gptkbp:baseOfOperations gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Soviet_Air_Forces
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Yevdokiya_Bershanskaya
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Marina_Raskova
gptkbp:missionsFlown over 23,000
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Night_Witches
gptkbp:notableFor night harassment bombing
all-female military aviation regiment
first all-female air force unit in combat
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Irina_Sebrova
gptkb:Nadezhda_Popova
gptkb:Yevdokiya_Nikulina
gptkb:Marina_Raskova
gptkbp:partOf Soviet 4th Air Army
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:46th_Taman_Guards_Night_Bomber_Aviation_Regiment
gptkbp:usedInAircraft gptkb:Polikarpov_Po-2
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Night_Witches
gptkb:46th_Taman_Guards_Night_Bomber_Aviation_Regiment
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 588th Night Bomber Regiment