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Moscow's heroines of war

You are listening to Lucy Ash on From Our Own Correspondent on BBC Radio 4. The programme was broadcast on Saturday, 31 October, 2009.

Read more despatches at the From Our Own Correspondent website.

See a slideshow with archive photographs of the "night witches" Russian fighter pilots here:

Audio slideshow: Night witches

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