During World War II, one of the most effective Soviet bombing units flew wooden crop dusters that maxed out at 94 mph. They had no radios, no radar, and no parachutes. And the pilots were young Soviet women, many still in their teens and early twenties. The Germans called them Nachthexen, or Night Witches. The Germans were so terrified of this small but mighty regiment that shooting just one down earned a soldier an Iron Cross, one of the Nazis’ highest honors. I couldn’t believe it when I first