Ночные ласточки: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

"Ночные ласточки" aka Notchnye Lastotchki (Night Swallows) is a Russian dramatic series about a group of Soviet women pilots who flew night harassment flights against the German Army during World War Two. During WW2, the Soviet Air force used female pilots to man obsolete PO-2 biplane trainers. These aircraft were first produced in 1928 and could only carry about 600 pounds of light bombs. They flew low level night time missions that were effective at depriving German troops of sleep etc. The German called the pilots "Night Witches". The Germans soon had their own version of these night harassment squadrons.

Series details

• Title: Ночные ласточки
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Russian
• Genres: Drama, War
• Premiere date: 2013-01-28
• Final broadcast date listed: 2013-01-31
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Первый канал
• Network country: Russian Federation
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 7596

Cast and credited roles

• Татьяна Арнтгольц — Евгения Звонарева, летчица, командир спецподразделения
• Денис Никифоров — Александр Макеев
• Елизавета Нилова — Галина Шевченко
• Михаил Евланов — Иван Пивень

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2013-01-28; final listed air date 2013-01-31; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Ночные ласточки on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.