Biography of hanna reitsch
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Hanna Reitsch
German aviator and test pilot
Flugkapitän Hanna Reitsch | |
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Hanna Reitsch in 1941 | |
| Born | 29 March 1912 (1912-03-29) Hirschberg, Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| 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 |
| 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 Wo
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Archive Report: Axis Forces
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Hanna Reitch was born 29 March 1912 in Hirschberg, Silesia and died 24 August 1979 in Frankfurt. From an early age Hanna wanted to flyga eller fly undan (picture left, courtesy Bundesarchiv).
In her autobiography she wrote, 'The longing grew in me, with every bird inom saw go flying across the azure summer sky'. Despite her parents’ misgivings, she managed to övertyga them to let her take up gliding in her teens. She loved flying from th
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Hitler’s Heroine
Hanna Reitsch
Sophie Jackson,
Hanna Reitsch longed to fly. Having broken records and earned the respect of the Nazi regime, she was the first female Luftwaffe test pilot, and eventually became Adolf Hitler’s personal heroine.
An ardent Nazi, Hanna was prepared to die for the cause, first as a test pilot for the dangerous V1 flying bombs and later by volunteering for a suggested Nazi ‘kamikaze’ squadron. After her capture she complained bitterly of not being able to die with her leader, but she went on to have a celebrated post-war flying career. She died at the age of 67, creating a new mystery – did Hanna kill herself using the cyanide pill Hitler had given her over thirty years earlier?
Hitler’s Heroine reveals new facts about the mysterious pilot and cuts through the many myths that have surrounded her life and death, bringing this fascinating woman back to life for the twenty-first century.
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