White Tights (Mythical Female Snipers)

[Matt Wiser]

Actually, the two all-female bomber units (587th and 46th Guards) were very active. 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment were the famous "Night Witches". Half of the awards of "Hero of the Soviet Union" (anaglous to the MOH) won by women went to members of this unit. There were also female pilots spread out in other units: Il-2s for example. And the 586th Fighter Regiment boasts the only two female aces in history (so far).

There was a husband-and-wife team on an ISU-122 assault gun in 3rd Baltic Front. She was the commander, he was the driver (all-officer crew). Instead of spending their honeymoon at the divisional rest center having some...intimate time, they spent it at the front, killing Germans.