# Nelly Diener

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{{Short description|Swiss flight attendant}}
{{Expand German|topic=bio|Nelly Diener|date=August 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Nelly Diener
| image         = File:Nelly_Diener_cropped.jpg
| caption       = Diener in front of the [Curtis AT-32C Condor](/source/Curtiss_T-32_Condor_II)
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1912|2|5|df=y}}
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1934|7|27|1912|2|5|df=y}}
| death_place   = Near [Tuttlingen](/source/Tuttlingen), Germany
| death_cause   = [Airplane crash](/source/1934_Swissair_Tuttlingen_accident)
| other_names   = {{lang|de|Engel der Lüfte}} ("Angel of the Skies" in English)
| occupation    = [Flight attendant](/source/Flight_attendant)
| years_active  = 1934
| employer      = [Swissair](/source/Swissair)
| known_for     = Being Europe's first female flight attendant
}}
'''Nelly Hedwig Diener''' (5 February<ref>{{Cite book|title=Nelly Diener. Engel der Lüfte.|last=Marder|first=Pascale|publisher=Bilgerverlag|year=2018|isbn=978-3-03762-076-2|location=Zurich}}</ref> 1912 – 27 July 1934) was a Swiss flight attendant. She was the first female flight attendant in Europe.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://upmagazine-tap.com/en/pt_artigos/ellene28099s-plan-b/| title =Ellen's plan B| work =Up| date =1 November 2011| access-date =8 September 2016| archive-date =11 April 2019| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190411005112/http://upmagazine-tap.com/en/pt_artigos/ellene28099s-plan-b/| url-status =dead}}</ref>

Diener started flying for [Swissair](/source/Swissair) on 1 May 1934 and became known as the {{lang|de|Engel der Lüfte}} ("Angel of the Skies").<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/27-july-1934/|title=27 July 1934|website=This Day in Aviation| access-date =8 September 2016}}</ref> She died in the [1934 Swissair Tuttlingen accident](/source/1934_Swissair_Tuttlingen_accident), along with the other two crew members and nine passengers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nelly-diener.ch/|title=Galery|website=Nelly Diener, Stewardess|access-date=26 June 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
*[Heinrich Kubis](/source/Heinrich_Kubis), the first flight attendant of either gender
*[Ellen Church](/source/Ellen_Church), the first female flight attendant

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Flight attendants
Category:Swissair
Category:Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Germany
Category:Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1934
Category:Women aviation pioneers
Category:1912 births
Category:1934 deaths

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