Albert Sammt

Albert Sammt (1889 in Niederstetten 1982 Niederstetten) was a German commander of Zeppelin-airships.

In 1919 he was helmsman on the LZ 120 Bodensee. He was the elevator helmsman (Höhensteuermann) of the Zeppelin LZ 126 - USS Los Angeles on its transatlantic flight in 1924.[1]

He was an officer on board the LZ 129 Hindenburg during the Lakehurst-catastrophe.

Among other tasks, as commander of the large LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin he flew the August 1939 spying flight[2] and its last flight before it was dismantled. His home town of Niederstetten made him an "honoured citizen" (Ehrenbürger); the Albert-Sammt-Museum is situated there.[3]

Notes and references

  1. Althof, William F. USS Los Angeles: The Navy's Venerable Airship and Aviation Technology. Washington, D.C.: Brassey's. ISBN 1-57488-620-7. p. 34: "Sammt replaced elevatorman Pruss."
  2. Sammt 1988
  3. Virtual Aviation Museum. Albert Sammt-Zeppelin-Museum

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