Madeleine Charnaux (18 January 1902 – 10 October 1943) was a French war correspondent, sculptor, designer and aviator.

After her marriage, Charnaux fell in love with flying after a trip to southern Italy on board a seaplane in 1930.

She went on to get her pilot's licence and won the Jacques Roques Cup with over 17,000 km air travel in Africa.

[1][2][3][4] Charnaux set a number of records for flying and was awarded with the Knight's Cross of the Legion of Honour.

The war grounded her but in September 1939 Charnaux opened a school to train women as aircraft mechanics and radio operators.