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Women in the Luftwaffe
Gentlemen,
In August 1944, following the allied landings in the south of France, a German bomber (either Heinkel III or Junkers 88 was shot down by US Navy fighters in the south of Lyon. The 4 or 5 five crew members werre all killed in the crash. When the bodies were recovered by French witnesses, one was found to be a woman named Katrin Pomm of which ID card which was also recovered mentionned her as a pilot ! I though that during WWII, no women were authorised to serve in the Wermarcht, let alone in the Lufwaffe, in the pilot capacity. I know that some German women flew during WWII, but I thought they all had civillian status and they never flew out of Germany, as for instance the famous Hanna Reitsch. My question is : what a woman could be doing in a military a/c, close to the front line ? Your opinions will be welcome |
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