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Hanna Reitsch

Born

in Hirschberg, Germany

March 29, 1912

Died

August 24, 1979

Genre

History, Professional & Technical

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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.

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	The Sky My Kingdom: Memoirs of the Famous German World War II Test-Pilot 4.27 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1991 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flying Is My Life by Hanna Reitsch, Lawrence Wilson (translator) 4.02 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1954 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sky My Kingdom 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ich flog in Afrika für Nkrumahs Ghana it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1968	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Höhen und Tiefen: 1945 bis zur Gegenwart it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Das Unzerstörbare in meinem Leben liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1975 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	大空に生きる (文庫版航空戦史シリーズ (16)) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dos Pés à Cabeça... De Salto Alto, Céu e Concreto (Ella) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Das Unzerstörbare in meinem Leben. Autobiographie. Hanna Reitsch 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“And what have we now in Germany? A land of bankers and car-makers. Even our great army has gone soft. Soldiers wear beards and question orders. I am not ashamed to say I believed in National Socialism. I still wear the Iron Cross with diamonds Hitler gave me. But today in all Germany you can't find a single person who voted Adolf Hitler into power... Many Germans feel guilty about the war. But they don't explain the real guilt we share — That we lost.”
― Hanna Reitsch

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