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Hanna Reitsch, the story of the most famous female pilot of Nazi Germany, born in Jelenia Góra. Reitsch took her first steps in aviation in Jeżów Sudecki on Glider Mountain. During World War II, she had the opportunity to fly the most modern aircraft, including the Messerschmitt Me 163 rocket planes and manned versions of the V1 flying bombs. She made history in the war with her daring action of breaking into Hitler's bunker in besieged Berlin. Additional information on the blog: https://eloblog.pl/hanna-reitsch-pilo... Narrator: Tomasz Sikora Photos from the air: Michał Jabłoński Archival photos: polska-org.pl and Bundesarchiv Fragments of Hanna Reitsch's memoirs were read by Joanna Łukaszewska, based on the pilot's autobiography entitled "Flying - my life". Special thanks to the underground tourist route PROJEKT ARADO in Kamienna Góra, for providing access to the underground, where some scenes were filmed. The film uses fragments of three films, based on the right of quotation, illustrating the way Hanna Reitsch is presented in feature films: "Operation Crossbow" (1965), "Hitler - the last 10 days" (1973) and "The Fall" (2004). Bibliography: "Flying - my life", Hanna Reitsch "The Sky Flights of Hanna Reitsch", Dennis Piszkiewicz Blog https://eloblog.pl Facebook / podroznik.w.czasie.tv Twitter / eloblog_pl Grzegorz Sanik