Raymonde de Laroche. Mme. Delaroche Laroche, a French pilot and the first woman in the world to receive an airplane pilot's license. She was born Elise Raymonde Deroche. (Photograph: Library of Congress)
On 18 July 1919, de Laroche, who was a talented engineer, went to the airfield at Le Crotoy as part of her plan to become the first female test pilot. She co-piloted an experimental aircraft (whether she flew this is not known); on its landing approach the aeroplane went into a dive and crashed, killing both de Laroche and the co-pilot. (Wikipedia)
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