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Valérie André, first woman to fly a helicopter into combat zones, nicknamed ‘Madame Ventilateur'
[Telegraph] She also made 121 parachute jumps to treat wounded men on the ground, who were astonished by ‘a girl, of all things, falling out of the sky’Valérie André, who has died aged 102, was a brain surgeon, parachutist and pioneering helicopter pilot – the first woman to fly helicopter missions in combat zones, and also the first woman to become a general in the French army…
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