birth_date: 1912-03-29 00:00:00
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name: Hanna Reitsch
about: Female pioneer aviator. Reitsch was the first woman to fly an helicopter, a rocket plane, a jet fighter and a glider across the Alps.During the second world war she was awarded the Iron Cross First Class and the Luftwaffe Combined Pilots-Observation Badge in Gold with Diamonds. She was the only woman to every receive those awards. After the war she was interiogated for 18 months about the last days she spend in the Fuhrerbunker. Her family committed suicide when they got driven away from their hometown, which is now Polish territory. After the war she was also banned from flying, but after a couple of years gliding was allowed. In 1952 she won third place in the World Gliding Championships in Spain.
death_date: 1979-08-24 00:00:00