Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg

German female aviator and test pilot in German Luftwaffe dive bombers during World War II

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1903

Place of Birth: Krotoszyn, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 08-Apr-1945

Profession: military personnel, engineer, aircraft pilot

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, born Melitta Schiller (3 January 1903 – 8 April 1945), was an aviatrix 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 released to continue her test flight duties. Countess von Stauffenberg died after being shot down by an Allied fighter plane on 8 April 1945.