The following is a list of the 61 crew members of the Hindenburg on its last flight with links to the biographic articles for each Those who died as a result of the crash are listed in italics COMMANDING OFFICER Captain Max Pruss WATCH OFFICERS Captain Albert Sammt Captain Heinrich Bauer Captain Walter Ziegler OBSERVERS Captain Ernst Lehmann
The Hindenburg was a large German commercial passengercarrying rigid airship the lead ship of the Hindenburg class the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume It was designed and built by the Zeppelin Company Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH on the shores of Lake Constance in Friedrichshafen and was operated
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The following is a list of the 61 crew members of the Hindenburg on its last flight with links to the biographic articles for each Those who died as a result of the crash are listed in italics COMMANDING OFFICER Captain Max Pruss WATCH OFFICERS Captain Albert Sammt Captain Heinrich Bauer Captain Walter Ziegler OBSERVERS Captain Ernst Lehmann
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Max Pruss was the captain of the Hindenburg when it crashed at Lakehurst New Jersey on May 6 1937 Pruss or Pruß in German was born on September 29th 1891 in Sgonn in the district of Sensburg East Prussia which is now the city of Zgon Poland to Friedrich Pruss a factory worker and Luise Pruss née Kaminski In 1898 the Pruss family moved to Bielefeld In 1907 Pruss joined the
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Max Pruss places flowers at a memorial to the Hindenburg disaster Pruss FamilySupplied Until his death in 1960 Max searched for answers about the crash believing a bomb caused it
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Max Pruss was the captain of the Hindenburg when it crashed at Lakehurst New Jersey on May 6 1937 Pruss or Pruß in German was born on September 29th 1891 in Sgonn in the district of Sensburg East Prussia which is now the city of Zgon Poland to Friedrich Pruss a factory worker and Luise Pruss née Kaminski
Dreams in flames The airship Hindenburg and its captain my great
The Hindenburg finished her circle and approached the air station once more flying almost due east Captain Pruss noticed that the ground crew had shifted once again and were lined up almost directly north of the mooring mast With the ship more than 12 hours late and expecting to sail for Germany that very evening with a full load of 72 passengers many of whom were on their way to the
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Max Pruss had been flying air ships for 20 years at the time of the Hindenburg disaster He initially escaped with only minor burns but began running back into the flaming wreck to save people This caused him to be badly burned I added a picture of him before the disaster as a comparison
In addition to its 36 passengers Hindenburg carried 61 other persons on its last flight the regular crew of 40 plus 21 additional individuals who were aboard as observers or in training for upcoming assignment to Hindenburgs sister ship LZ130 which was nearing completion Captain Max Pruss was in command with three other qualified captains as watch officers Captain Albert Sammt
Max Pruss was born in 1891 in Sgonn East Prussia now Zgon WarmianMasurian Voivodeship PolandHe joined the German Navy in 1906 and completed airship training during World War I serving as an elevatorman on the German Zeppelins Pruss became part of the Hindenburg crew in 1936 on the third flight to Rio de JaneiroDuring his career he flew 171 times over the Atlantic
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