Hirschberg, Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (Now Jelenia Góra, Poland)
Died
24 August 1979 (1979-08-25) (aged 67)
Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, West Germany
Nationality
German, Austrian[1]
Known for
Nazi, Aviator, test pilot
First woman to earn the Silver C Badge
First woman to fly a helicopter
First woman to pilot a rocket plane
First woman to fly a jet
Iron Cross First Class Luftwaffe (one of only three women)
Pilot/Observer Badge in Gold with Diamonds (only woman)
Honorary member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (one of only three women)
Member #1 of the Whirly-Girls female helicopter-pilot association
Partner
Robert Ritter von Greim (1945)
Hanna Reitsch (29 March 1912 – 24 August 1979) was a German aviator and test pilot. Along with Melitta von Stauffenberg, she flight tested many of Germany's new aircraft during World War II and received many honors. Reitsch was among the very last people to meet Adolf Hitler alive in the Führerbunker in late April 1945.
Reitsch set more than 40 flight altitude records and women's endurance records in gliding and unpowered flight,[2][better source needed] before and after World War II. In the 1960s, she was sponsored by the West German foreign office as a technical adviser in Ghana and elsewhere,[3] and founded a gliding school in Ghana, where she worked for Kwame Nkrumah.
^"Hanna Reitsch – Hitlers Fliegerin". ORF. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
HannaReitsch (29 March 1912 – 24 August 1979) was a German aviator and test pilot. Along with Melitta von Stauffenberg, she flight tested many of Germany's...
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were awarded to civilians for performing military roles, including HannaReitsch and Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg for being civilian test pilots...
in particular fields, such as filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl or aviator HannaReitsch. Many restrictions on women were lifted once wartime necessity required...
Historical Writers Association Non-fiction Crown, and is under option. HannaReitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg defied gender expectation to become leading...
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in level flight Fernando Alonso, former Head of Airbus Flight Test HannaReitsch, WWII German aviator and test pilot 'Mutt' Summers, first to fly the...
Berlin. On 26 April 1945, the improvised landing strip was used by HannaReitsch to fly in Colonel-General Robert Ritter von Greim, appointed by Hitler...
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During the Battle of Berlin, on the evening of 28 April 1945, test pilot HannaReitsch flew with the Luftwaffe head Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von...
Julius Schaub 24 April Walter Frentz 28 April Robert Ritter von Greim HannaReitsch 29 April Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven Gerhard Boldt Rudolf Weiss Wilhelm...
American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (b. 1910) 1979 – HannaReitsch, German soldier and pilot (b. 1912) 1980 – Yootha Joyce, English actress...
suicide attacks, as was advocated by figures such as Otto Skorzeny, HannaReitsch, and Hajo Herrmann, he did authorise the formation of a squadron to...
possible from the in-production Me 262 and Me 209 aircraft. Test pilot HannaReitsch carried out a test programme on the two prototypes of the glider version...
Negatives Reingard 1972 Z.P.G. Edna 1973 Hitler: The Last Ten Days HannaReitsch 1973 The Wicker Man Miss Rose 1975 The Tiger Lily Charlotte Brain 1982...
also purchased. In 1962 the national School of Gliding was set up by HannaReitsch, who was once Adolf Hitler's top personal pilot. Under the command of...
United States. Sabiha Gökçen of Turkey is the first woman combat pilot. HannaReitsch of Germany is the first woman to earn a helicopter license. Maude Bonney...
Moon Mullican, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1967) 1912 – HannaReitsch, German soldier and pilot (d. 1979) 1913 – Phil Foster, American actor...
in particular fields, such as filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl or aviator HannaReitsch. A few women were exempt from the constraints for propaganda purposes...
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