(1912 - 1979) German pilot. Reitsch was the first woman to fly a helicopter, a rocket plane, and a jet fighter. She is also remembered as being a loyal confidant of Adolf Hitler, even landing a small plane in central Berlin in an attempt to extract Hitler only days before the city fell. Likely war-date S.P., 3.5 x 5.5 in. b/w, a great candid photograph signed in the white bottom margin. Very fine.