#melittavonstauffenberg — Public Fediverse posts

Brilliant day (almost) flying a #Spitfire (it had fuel in it) at @imperialwarmuseums #Duxford, after I gave my talk on #hannareitsch & #melittavonstauffenberg, #thewomenwhoflewforhitler to a fantastic audience…
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#MelittaVonStauffenberg was born #OTD in 1903. One of the first women to fly a #glider, she became a brilliant aeronautical engineer & test pilot. The bust shows her hair merged with her flying cap - part woman part machine. 
Melitta developed the dive sights & dive brakes for the #Stuka #divebomber, but in July #1944 she played a key role in the #valkyrie bomb plot. 
Her extraordinary true story is told in my book #thewomenwhoflewforhitler
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I’m delighted to be talking about #HannaReitsch & #MelittaVonStauffenberg, the subject of my book, #TheWomenWhoFlewForHitler, at the #ImperialWarMuseum Duxford’s first #HistoryFestival over 25/26 March 2023.
The museum kindly invited me over to make a short film to promote it… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDY1WMaLtuI
#WW2 #pilots @histodons

Great talking about #MelittaVonStauffenberg, aeronautical engineer behind much of the #Ju87 #Stuka #divebomber, & exceptional #nosedive #testpilot. Deeply conflicted, she was later at the heart of the 20 July 1944 attempt on Hitler’s life. See #TheWomenWhoFlewForHitler!
(It’s been a busy week!)
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