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flying a Focke-Wulf helicopter inside the Deutschlandhalle

This is a fine 1956 example of the highly acclaimed German book Fliegen Mein Leben (Flying Is My Life) by Hanna Reitsch, a blue linen hardcover 312 page book with its original dust jacket. It covers the youth, education and flying career of Germany's most famous female aviator who was awarded the Iron Cross Second Class by Adolf Hitler, until after the Nazi capitulation in 1945.

In the introduction Reitsch explains the reason for writing the book. After the end of the war so much had been written and speculated about her - she wanted to set the record straight about her youth, her love of flying, and meetings with famous people during the Third Reich.

Chapters cover her life growing up, her medical studies, learning to fly, flight research expeditions in South America and Africa, research work for German World War I Ace and Luftwaffe General Ernst Udet, testing helicopters, representing Ernst Udet at the International Air Races in the USA, receiving the Goldene Militärfliegerabzeichen from Nazi Aviation Minister Hermann Göring and the EKII from Hitler at the Reichschancellery in March 1941, conversations with Göring, Himmler and Hitler, Me163, the last six months of the war and capitulation, American captivity, etc.

Fliegen Mein Leben (Flying Is My Life) Hanna Reitsch

There are rare photos of her father and mother, her flying mentor Wolf Hirth, Ernst Udet, Reitsch flying sailplanes, flying a Focke-Wulf helicopter inside the Deutschlandhalle in 1938, the Do-17, Me163 and Me163B, pilot and Field Marshal Robert Ritter von Greim, He 111, a Me 328 on top of a Do-217, and several of the flyable V1.

Published by Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt in Stuttgart in 1952, this 5-¼ x 8-¼ inch hardcover German book from the 41 - 50,000 print run of 1956 is in near-new condition, with its original 65 year old color dust jacket. No odor.

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This German autobiography of Hanna Reitsch is ** SOLD **

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NAZI FEMALE TEST PILOT HANNA REITSCH AUTOBIOGRAPHY

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF FAMOUS NAZI FEMALE AVIATOR HANNA REITSCH WITH MANY UNIQUE PHOTOS

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Have a look at the large selection of Third Reich aviation material and postwar German books about the Third Reich for sale on USMBOOKS.com.

NAZI FEMALE TEST PILOT HANNA REITSCH AUTOBIOGRAPHY

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF FAMOUS NAZI FEMALE AVIATOR HANNA REITSCH WITH MANY UNIQUE PHOTOS

Have a look at the large selection of Third Reich aviation material and
postwar German books about the Third Reich for sale on USMBOOKS.com.