Peut-on souligner l’héroïsme de deux aviatrices alors qu’elles appartenaient au camp d’en face ? Je n’ai pas hésité en découvrant ces deux pionnières allemandes. #hannareitsch #melittavonstauffenberg

Brilliant day (almost) flying a #Spitfire (it had fuel in it) at @imperialwarmuseums #Duxford , after my talk on #hannareitsch & #melittavonstauffenberg , #thewomenwhoflewforhitler .
Thanks to @blackfoxdux, the team, & all who came along…

Born #OTD #MelittavonStauffenberg , Nazi female test pilot who both helped develope the #Ju87 #Stuka #divebomber but also tried to kill #Hitler . #TheWomenWhoFlewForHitler

#OTD 1945, #MelittavonStauffenberg was shot down over Germany. A brilliant #testpilot & aero engineer, she had Jewish heritage & was secretly at the heart of the most famous plot against Hitler. I tell her forgotten story in #TheWomenWhoFlewForHitler

#BornOTD #OTD #MelittaVonStauffenberg , #WW2 female test pilot who helped develop the #Ju87 #Stuka #divebomber - but also part of the 20 July bomb plot to kill #Hitler . #TheWomenWhoFlewForHitler

Getting ready to talk about #HannaReitsch & #MelittaVonStauffenberg aka #TheWomenWhoFlewForHitler , at the ⁦IWM Duxford⁩ history festival.
I’m on in 15 mins…

Died #OTD 1945, of her wounds after a perfect forced landing.
#MelittaVonStauffenberg was at the heart of the 20 July 1944 bomb plot to kill Hitler. Also only female aeronautical engineer & test pilot to serve the #ThirdReich .
Her story is in my book #TheWomenWhoFlewForHitler

The face of the woman who hoped to kill Hitler #otd 1944.
#MelittaVonStauffenberg ,
1 of only 2 female Third Reich test pilots, actively supported the 20 July 1944 #bombplot to assassinate Hitler.
Her extraordinary story is told in my book: #thewomenwhoflewforhitler

#MelittavonStauffenberg #BOTD 1903. Brilliant aeronautical engineer & test pilot. Bust shows her hair merged with her flying cap: woman-machine.
In July 1944 she played a key role in the #valkyrie bomb plot.
Her extraordinary story is told in my bk #thewomenwhoflewforhitler

I’m at number one in an Amazon.co.uk chart! #TheWomenWhoFlewForHitler tells the remarkable story of fanatical Nazi #HannaReitsch & her nemesis #MelittaVonStauffenberg . One tried to save Hitler’s life, the other to kill him... #womenatwar #femalepilots

This woman was at the heart of the most famous attempt to assassinate Hitler, but has been almost forgotten. Here she is having boiled eggs & tea for breakfast with her husband. #MelittaVonStauffenberg died #otd 8 April 1944.
I tell her story in #TheWomenWhoFlewForHitler …

Back filming at IWM Duxford again today! That's a #V1 #buzzbomb #doodlebug behind me, a manned version of which was flown by #HannaReitsch . The only other female nazi #testpilot , #MelittaVonStauffenberg worked on #stukas , but also tried to kill Hitler... #TheWomenWhoFlewForHitler

I spoke about #MelittaVonStauffenberg who developed the dive sights & dive brakes. Later she was at the heart of the most famous plot to kill Hitler.

Grt talking abt #MelittaVonStauffenberg , engineer behind much of the #Ju87 #Stuka #divebomber . Deeply conflicted, she was later at the heart of the 20 July 1944 attack on Hitler. See #TheWomenWhoFlewForHitler !
Gd to see Dr Victoria Taylor 💛💙✈ Robert Lyman 🇺🇦 Andy Saunders 🇺🇦 also contributing!

Delighted by this spread in the Western Daily Press Sat mag ahead of my talk on #TheWomenWhoFlewForHitler (one tried to save him, the other to kill him) at Theatre Royal Bath, midday on 5 March! #HannaReitsch #MelittavonStauffenberg Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath BTP Theatre Bath Theatre Royal Usher

I talk about #HannaReitsch & #MelittaVonStauffenberg for the trappedhistory podcast.
Both brilliant & courageous test pilots, they served the #ThirdReich from different motives, & ended up on opposite sides of history.
player.captivate.fm/episode/9d3c03…

Huge thanks to clare mulley kate bullows & Philippa McEwan for a fascinating insight into #HannaReitsch & #MelittaVonStauffenberg Enjoy 📚 Griffin Books 📚 !

Next Wed… I’m delighted to be talking abt #WW2 #TestPilots #HannaReitsch & #MelittaVonStauffenberg for the British Modern Military History Society @bmmhs… bmmhs.org

Andy Foster Ron Eisele Thank you. Reitsch was also a committed Nazi, unlike fellow female Third Reich test pilot #MelittavonStauffenberg . Their intertwined stories are told in my #YheWomenWhoFlewForHitler

RT claremulley: My HistoryHit TV interview by HelenhCarr tells the extradonary story of #HannaReitsch & #MelittavonStauffenberg , #TheWomenWhoFlewForHitler - now online: tv.historyhit.com/watch/28719541