The Night Witches, as they were known, were equipped with slow PO-2 biplanes (pages 94-95); nevertheless, in the course of ...

They flew under cover of darkness in wooden planes with no radios, no weapons, and no fear. The Night Witches—an all-female Soviet bomber regiment—struck terror ...

In particular there was a fascination with witches and witchcraft ... Evidence The night has been unruly: where we lay, / Our chimneys were blown down, and, as they say, / Lamentings heard ...

A Night On The Bare Mountain describes a short story in which St John sees a witches' Sabbath on the Bald ... and most of his most famous pieces were actually completed by others!