Melitta schenk gräfin 1 von stauffenberg
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Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (Krotoszyn, 9 gennaio1903 – Straßkirchen, 8 aprile1945[1]) è stata un'aviatrice e ingegneretedesca in ambito civile e militare.
Biografia
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]Nacque da Michael Schiller, funzionario pubblico, ebreo discendente da una famiglia di commercianti di pellami e successivamente convertitosi al protestantesimo[2] e da Margaret Eberstein originaria di Bromberg.
Al termine della prima guerra mondiale, in seguito alla cessione della Posnania alla Polonia, la famiglia si trasferì in Slesia a Hirschberg, dove Melitta nel 1922 conseguì il diploma di maturità, iniziando poi gli studi universitari in fisica tecnica[2] a Monaco di Baviera presso l'Università tecnica di Monaco dove si laureò con lode nel 1927. Fu l'unica donna del suo corso[3]. Dal 1928 e per i successivi otto anni lavorò come ingegnere presso la Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Lu
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Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | (1903-01-09)January 9, 1903 |
| Died | April 8, 1945(1945-04-08) (aged 42) |
| Spouse | Alexander Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg |
| Occupation | Test pilot |
Melitta Schenk Gräfin[1] von Stauffenberg, born Melitta Schiller (9 January 1903 — 8 April 1945), was a German Aviator who served as a test pilot in the Luftwaffe before and during World War II. She was the second German woman to be awarded the honorary title of Flugkapitän (English: flight captain) and also flew over 2,500 test flights in dive bombers, the second most of any Luftwaffe test pilot. Von Stauffenberg was awarded the Iron Cross Second Class and the Gold Front Flying Clasp for Bombers with diamonds, for performing over 1,500 test flights in dive bomber aircraft. In 1944, she was arrested with other Stauffenberg family members on suspicion of conspiring with her brothers-in-law to assassinate Adolf Hitler, but she was later
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Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
German aviator and test pilot
Melitta Schenk Gräfin[1] von Stauffenberg (née Schiller; 3 January 1903 - 8 April 1945[2]) was a German aviator who served as a test pilot in the Luftwaffe before and during World War II.
She was the second German woman to be awarded the honorary title of Flugkapitän (English: flygning captain) and also flew over 2,500 test flights in dive bombers, the second most of any Luftwaffe test pilot. Von Stauffenberg was awarded the Iron Cross Second Class and the Gold Front Flying Clasp for Bombers with diamonds, for performing over 1,500 test flights in dive bomber aircraft.
In 1944 she was arrested with other Stauffenberg family members on suspicion of conspiring with her brothers-in-law to assassinateAdolf Hitler, but she was later released to continue her test-flight duties.
Countess von Stauffenberg died after being shot down by an American reconnaissance plane on 8 April 1945.