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Captain Ernst August Lehmann (12 May 1886 – 7 May 1937) was a German Zeppelin captain. He was one of the most famous and experienced figures in German airship travel. The Pittsburgh Press called Lehmann the best airship pilot in the world, although he was criticized by Hugo Eckener for often making dangerous maneuvers that compromised the airships. He was a victim of the Hindenburg disaster in 1937.
Death
Although Max Pruss was the commanding officer of the last flight of the Hindenburg, Captain Lehmann was the most senior officer on board, but was there only as an observer. He was severely burned when the ship caught fire at Lakehurst on 6 May 1937, and died the following day. It was initially believed that Lehmann would recover from his injuries; he was scheduled to be transferred to the hospital at Rockefeller University for further treatment until he took a sudden turn for the worse in the morning before his death.
At his death, he apparently believed that the Hindenburg was sabotaged. He came out of the burning wreckage saying "I don't understand it." During a deathbed conversation with Commander Charles Emery Rosendahl, he said "it must have been an infernal machine." Lehmann's two-year-old son had died on Easter Sunday, 28 March 1937, a few weeks prior to the Hindenburg's last crossing and he did not really want to make the voyage. Lehmann accepted the assignment with the hope that by doing so he might have the opportunity to speak to US authorities about the use of helium gas in the German airships.
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Hans Curt Flemming (born November 30, 1886 in Stettin, † February 15, 1935 in Weingarten) was a German aeronaut.
Life
Hans Flemming was the son of the Szczecin merchant Amandus Ferdinand Wilhelm Flemming and his wife Hedwig Bally. The father died very early. He attended the Schiller Realgymnasium in Szczecin and passed his school leaving examination in autumn 1906. He then worked for six months at the Nüscke shipyard in Stettin, before joining the Imperial Navy on April 3, 1907 as a midshipman. In 1910 he was promoted to lieutenant and in 1913 to first lieutenant at sea. Flemming took part in the Battle of the Skagerrak on the small cruiser "Stettin".
In November he was instructed to train at the flight school in Nordholz, the chief instructor of which was Hugo Eckener. The friendship between the two, which lasted until Flemming's death, began here. Flemming was soon appointed pilot of an airship. In March 1917 he received the certificate of airship commander and was promoted to lieutenant captain in July. In the attack on England he set the world altitude record of 7650 m (−30 ° C) at that time with the "L 55" - to avoid enemy aircraft. Then he became the commander of the "L 60". After its destruction he was a naval test airship commander until the end of the war.
In September 1919, Eckener took him to Friedrichshafen as the leader of the “Bodensee” airship. He delivered the "Bodensee" to Italy on July 3, 1921 as a reparations airship. In October 1924 he delivered the "ZR III" as reparation to America.
On December 4, 1919, he married his partner Lisa Meister from Miedzyzdroje. On August 21, 1920, their son Jürgen Flemming emerged from the marriage. Through this he was the grandfather of the microbiologist Hans-Curt Flemming, whom he never met due to his early death.
On the great America trip of the "Count Zeppelin" in October 1928, in which he took part as a guide with Eckener, he covered 9,926 km in 112 hours. In March 1929 an Orient flight followed, in August / December 1929 the flight around the world, in May / June 1930 the first South America flight, in July 1931 the Arctic flight. He made 55 trips with the LZ Graf Zeppelin.
He made it through his last driving period in 1934 with severe physical pain. He died as a result of an intestinal operation in Weingarten hospital at the age of 48 and was buried in Friedrichshafen.
Death
Although Max Pruss was the commanding officer of the last flight of the Hindenburg, Captain Lehmann was the most senior officer on board, but was there only as an observer. He was severely burned when the ship caught fire at Lakehurst on 6 May 1937, and died the following day. It was initially believed that Lehmann would recover from his injuries; he was scheduled to be transferred to the hospital at Rockefeller University for further treatment until he took a sudden turn for the worse in the morning before his death.
At his death, he apparently believed that the Hindenburg was sabotaged. He came out of the burning wreckage saying "I don't understand it." During a deathbed conversation with Commander Charles Emery Rosendahl, he said "it must have been an infernal machine." Lehmann's two-year-old son had died on Easter Sunday, 28 March 1937, a few weeks prior to the Hindenburg's last crossing and he did not really want to make the voyage. Lehmann accepted the assignment with the hope that by doing so he might have the opportunity to speak to US authorities about the use of helium gas in the German airships.
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Hans Curt Flemming (born November 30, 1886 in Stettin, † February 15, 1935 in Weingarten) was a German aeronaut.
Life
Hans Flemming was the son of the Szczecin merchant Amandus Ferdinand Wilhelm Flemming and his wife Hedwig Bally. The father died very early. He attended the Schiller Realgymnasium in Szczecin and passed his school leaving examination in autumn 1906. He then worked for six months at the Nüscke shipyard in Stettin, before joining the Imperial Navy on April 3, 1907 as a midshipman. In 1910 he was promoted to lieutenant and in 1913 to first lieutenant at sea. Flemming took part in the Battle of the Skagerrak on the small cruiser "Stettin".
In November he was instructed to train at the flight school in Nordholz, the chief instructor of which was Hugo Eckener. The friendship between the two, which lasted until Flemming's death, began here. Flemming was soon appointed pilot of an airship. In March 1917 he received the certificate of airship commander and was promoted to lieutenant captain in July. In the attack on England he set the world altitude record of 7650 m (−30 ° C) at that time with the "L 55" - to avoid enemy aircraft. Then he became the commander of the "L 60". After its destruction he was a naval test airship commander until the end of the war.
In September 1919, Eckener took him to Friedrichshafen as the leader of the “Bodensee” airship. He delivered the "Bodensee" to Italy on July 3, 1921 as a reparations airship. In October 1924 he delivered the "ZR III" as reparation to America.
On December 4, 1919, he married his partner Lisa Meister from Miedzyzdroje. On August 21, 1920, their son Jürgen Flemming emerged from the marriage. Through this he was the grandfather of the microbiologist Hans-Curt Flemming, whom he never met due to his early death.
On the great America trip of the "Count Zeppelin" in October 1928, in which he took part as a guide with Eckener, he covered 9,926 km in 112 hours. In March 1929 an Orient flight followed, in August / December 1929 the flight around the world, in May / June 1930 the first South America flight, in July 1931 the Arctic flight. He made 55 trips with the LZ Graf Zeppelin.
He made it through his last driving period in 1934 with severe physical pain. He died as a result of an intestinal operation in Weingarten hospital at the age of 48 and was buried in Friedrichshafen.
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