The Archive · 1940

French Women Pilots Flying for France

Paris, June 4.

France's leading feminine pilots today appeared in the list of the newly created "Women Auxillary Pilots." Whose work will consist of flying new planes from factories to air bases, {hus liberating men pilots for active war duty.

These Women are to have the rank and pay of aviation lieutenants, First and foremost on the list Is Mile. 'Maryse Hilz, heroine of many a ioni distance record bid in the late 1990's. Her outstanding feat was the historic Paris to Saigon flight in December, 1937, in 92 hours 36 minutes. She also' established a feminine altitude record of 14,310 metres in 1936.

Another outstantiing woman pilot in the new organization is. Mille. Mayrse Bastle, known for her trans-Atlantic erossing and many other epic fights—United Press.

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