Therese Elisabetha Schmitt
Therese Elisabetha Schmitt , née Görgen (born May 25, 1910 in Cologne , † November 26, 1956 in Trier ) was a German stunt pilot of the 20th century .
At the age of 18, the aviator, known as Röschen Görgen, got her license at the Hangelar airfield . Her greatest success was a second place in a star flight to Berlin in 1933 (winner then: Gerhard Fieseler ). Even her early entry into the NSDAP in 1932 did not save her from the confiscation of her aircraft in 1934.
After the Second World War , she and her sisters built a network of filling stations in and around Trier with 60 filling stations at peak times.
A street in Trier bears her name.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ernst Probst: Queens of the skies in Europe. GRIN Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-640-68876-0 , p. 308 ( digitized version )
- ↑ Evelyn Zegenhagen: "Dashing German Girls". Aviators between 1918 and 1945. Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-8353-0179-5 , p. 455 ( digital copy )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmitt, Therese Elisabetha |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Görgen, Therese Elisabetha (maiden name); Görgen, Röschen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German aerobatic pilot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1956 |
| Place of death | trier |