BOZENA LAGLEROVA
1888-1941

AKA Božena Láglerová, Bozena Langler,
Bozena Langlerova and Bozena Lagler
 
 
Bozena Langlerova
 
 
Bozena Laglerova
Library of Congress Collection
 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
via email from Dave Lam, 11-14-04
     Bozena Laglerova was born in Prague on 11 December 1888. She is variously listed as Austrian or Czech-- the reason for this is that Prague was part of Austro-Hungary until 1918, when Czechoslovakia was formed as an independent nation.
     In Germany, she flew under the name of Lagler, and she was Hans Grade's first female student at Bork. She began her training there in Spring of 1911. In July, she crashed and destroyed the airplane, suffering some "internal bruising". She went home to Prague to recover, and after that she resumed flying.
     She became the first woman licensed by the Austrian Aero Club, earning license #37 on 10 October 1911. On 19 October 1911, she became the second woman licensed by the Germans, when she earned license # 125.
     She had another serious crash on either 22 or 24 October 1911 (my sources differ), near Kladnor (Prague area) , falling from 1500 meters, and again escaped , though this time she was transported to a Prague hospital "with llife-threatening injuries". She recovered and flew exhibition and competitions for the next couple of years, making appearances in numerous German cities, including Friedrichshafen, Leipzig, Hamburg, and Johannistal.
 

 
 
Bozena Langlerova
 
 
Bozena Langlerova & Joseph P. Richter
Library of Congress Collection
 

 
 
Bozena Langlerova
 
 
Bozena Langlerova, 1911
Collection of Jean-Pierre Lauwers
 

 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
from Jean-Pierre Lauwers
     Bozčna Langler. seems to have earned her German Pilots License on October 19, 1911. She came from Czechoslovakia. The plane, in front of which she is standing in the photo above, appears to be a Hans Grade plane. Perhaps it is the one in which she learned to fly. I don't have any information further on her at this moment.
 

 
 
Hans Grade, 1910
 
 
Hans Grade, 1910
Collection of Jean-Pierre Lauwers
 

 
 
ONLINE RESOURCES
     Using the Google search engine on "Bozena Laglerova", (1-24-08), you will find about 10 links. Many of them are very helpful.
     Unfortunately, as of 11-12-03, one of the most important websites had disappeared from the net. Luckily, I had excerpted the following paragraph from it before it was lost.
 
CZECH AVIATION HISTORY
by Radek Adamec
     "The fame of Czech aviation was spread significantly by one of the first female pilots in the world - Bozena Langlerova. The courage of this woman is admirable considering she had a crash during her first test, and suffered serious injuries. After she recovered, she enrolled for the test once again, and got her certificate in September 1911."
 

 
 
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