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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.
Among those on the ground at Peenemünde were Walter Dornberger, noted rocket expert Wernher von Braun, and Nazi female test pilot Hanna Reitsch, who later claimed to have slept through the raid. Some markers were dropped too far south, and ultimately a number of buildings remained undamaged, while many bombs hit the forced labour camps ...
Hanna Reitsch was a well-known German test pilot who performed such flights with the V-1, [13] though she complained in a later interview that the film "was all technically wrong". [14] Constance Babington Smith was a British WAAF officer who interpreted aerial photographs of Peenemünde. [15]
Data from Sailplanes 1920-1945 (2006) pp.116-7 General characteristics Crew: One Length: 6.512 m (21 ft 4 in) Wingspan: 15.60 m (51 ft 2 in) Height: 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) in level flight configuration Wing area: 16.2 m 2 (174 sq ft) Aspect ratio: 15.7 Airfoil: Göttingen 535; at tip, Göttingen 409 Empty weight: 175 kg (386 lb) Gross weight: 280 kg (617 lb) Performance Maximum glide ratio: best ...
The flight qualities of the Habicht were praised by pilots, including Hanna Reitsch. It participated in many airshows abroad before the war, including the 1938 National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio. [1]: 137–138
On 11 August 1937 at Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Melitta married the historian Alexander Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, and on 28 October 1937, she was given the honorary rank of Flugkapitänin, or "flight captain", a rank reserved for test pilots in Germany at the time, and became only the second woman in Germany, after Hanna Reitsch, to achieve this.
Downfall (German: Der Untergang) is a 2004 historical war drama film written and produced by Bernd Eichinger and directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel.It is set during the Battle of Berlin in World War II, when Nazi Germany is on the verge of total defeat, and depicts the final days of Adolf Hitler (portrayed by Bruno Ganz).
Robert Ritter von Greim (born Robert Greim; 22 June 1892 – 24 May 1945) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field marshal) and First World War flying ace.In April 1945, in the last days of World War II in Europe, Adolf Hitler appointed Greim commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe (German air force) after Hermann Göring had been dismissed for treason.