"Give them the leftovers, it's just for propaganda anyway" - Quartermaster before accidentally enabling a crack force of Soviet anti-fascist airwomen
"Give them the leftovers, it's just for propaganda anyway" - Quartermaster before accidentally enabling a crack force of Soviet anti-fascist airwomen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Witches
An attack technique of the night bombers involved idling the engine near the target and gliding to the bomb-release point with only wind noise left to reveal their presence. German soldiers likened the sound to broomsticks and hence named the pilots “Night Witches”.[dubious – discuss][2][3] Due to the weight of the bombs and the low altitude of flight, the pilots did not carry parachutes until 1944.[4][5]