Rayna Kasabova (Cyrillic: Райна Касабова, 1 May 1897, Karlovo - 25 May 1969) was a Bulgarian Air Force nurse and the first woman in the world who participated in a military flight. At 15, during the First Balkan War in 1912, she joined the Bulgarian Air Force and flew above Edirne to throw out propaganda leaflets in Turkish.
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1 May 1897 Karlovo
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Died |
25 May 1969 (aged 72)
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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