Charlotte Möhring


Charlotte Möhring was a German aviator and the second German woman to receive a pilot's license.

Life

She was born in Pankow in 1887.
Möhring was a passenger on a flight from Johannisthal to Döberitz on board a Rumpler Taube. On 7 September 1912 she received pilot's license #285 flying a Grade monoplane. She was the second German woman to be licensed, and the third woman in Germany. She flew at the Essen-Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen aerodrome.
Charlotte was married to Georg Mürau, who was also a pilot and instructor, they operated a flying school together in 1914. She was the manager and they toured and exhibited in 21 cities in Germany alone. During and after World War I civil aviation was restricted in Germany, Möhring did not resume her flying career which in 1953 she described as "a sport". She died in 1970 in Berlin.