[2] She adopted the Hispanic-sounding pseudonym Carmen Damedoz[3] - her complexion and black hair may have suggested she was Spanish- and became known as a dancer, sometimes wearing a Spanish costume or shawl.

[6] In May 1911, in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Carmen Damedoz attended the start of the Paris-Rome-Turin air race, organised by Le Petit Parisien, and discovered her vocation as a pilot.

[9] Her test flight was not easy: during her first eight, the 25hp engine lost power and the aircraft slid to the ground, causing slight damage and resulting in two broken ribs.

As treasurer of the Union patriotique des aviatrices de France, alongside Marthe Richer - its secretary, she demanded the right to contribute to the war effort as an aviator.

[17] In 1922, she was photographed naked next to a fully clothed Alberto Giacometti in the studio of the Académie de la Grande-Chaumière, by Marion Walton, an American student at the school.