Valérie André, Daring French Army Copter Pilot, Dies at 102
She was the first woman to fly rescue missions in a combat zone, in Indochina and Algeria. She was also the first Frenchwoman ...
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Valérie André, first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat, dies at 102
Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat zones — during the French ...
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Valérie André, French 'Helicopter Heroine' and army medic, dies at 102
Long before there were air ambulance companies like CareFlight, and TV shows like 'China Beach' and 'M*A*S*H,' Valérie André ...
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Valérie André, aviator and parachutist who became France's first female general, dies aged 102
France's ministry of armies and the French presidency said André died on Jan. 21. André, who had a medicine degree and flew for the first time as a teenager, combined her two passions and became a ...
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BATTLE OF INDO-CHINA: Counterattack
General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, sent out from Paris a month ago to put backbone into the crumbling French forces in Indo-China, last week threw 12,000 of his soldiers into a counterattack ...
Valérie André, first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat, dies at 102
Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon, and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat zones — during the French-Indochina war ...
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Valérie André, aviator and parachutist who became France’s first female general, dies aged 102
Known as “Madame Ventilator,” she left for the war during the French occupation of Indochina as part of the expeditionary corps, serving as a medical captain. Initially assigned to the My Tho ...