Else Haugk

Else Haugk
Born(1889-06-10)June 10, 1889
Zurich
DiedDecember 6, 1973(1973-12-06) (aged 84)
Frauenalb
Other namesElse von Oldershausen
OccupationAviator

Else Haugk (10 June 1889 – 6 December 1973) was the first Swiss woman to earn a pilot's licence. After training in the north of Germany, she received Swiss licence No. 48 on 11 May 1914 and German licence No. 785 on 6 June 1914.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Else Haugk" (in German). Swissair. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  2. ^ Blumenthal, Stefan (2011). "Else Haugk: Die erste Scheizer Fliegerin und Pilotin" (PDF) (in German). Cockpit, No. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.