Sunday, October 25, 2009

Passengers aboard LZ 129 Hindenburg - May 3-6, 1937

The following is a list of the 36 passengers aboard 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.



Leonhard Adelt
Berlin, Germany
Journalist








Gertrud Adelt
Berlin, Germany
Journalist







Ernst Rudolf Anders
Dresden, Germany
Co-owner - Teekanne Co.








Ferdinand Lammot "Peter" Belin
Washington, D.C
Student









Birger Brinck
Stockholm, Sweden
Journalist








Karl Otto Clemens
Bonn, Germany
Photographer








Hermann Doehner
Mexico City, Mexico
General Manager - Beick, Felix y Compania








Matilde Doehner
Mexico City, Mexico









Irene Doehner
Mexico City, Mexico









Walter Doehner
Mexico City, Mexico








Werner Doehner
Mexico City, Mexico









Burtis J. Dolan
Chicago, IL
Vice President - Lelong Importing Co.









Edward Douglas
Newark, NJ
Director of European Operations - McCann/Erickson Corp.








Colonel Fritz Erdmann
Halle an der Saale, Germany
German Luftwaffe







Otto Ernst
Hamburg, Germany
Seed trader







Elsa Ernst
Hamburg, Germany








Moritz Feibusch
San Francisco, CA
Food broker








George Grant
London, England
Assistant manager - Wm. H. Müller & Co.







Lieutenant Claus Hinkelbein
Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
German Luftwaffe








George Hirschfeld
Bremen, Germany
Cotton broker









Marie Kleemann
Bad Homburg, Germany








Erich Knöcher
Zeulenroda, Germany
Wire manufacturer








William Leuchtenberg
Larchmont, NY
President - Alpha-Lux Co.








Philip Mangone

New York, NY
Clothing designer








Margaret Mather
Rome, Italy
Heiress








Nelson Morris
Homewood, IL
Executive - Armour and Co.








Herbert O'Laughlin
Elgin, IL
President - Consumers Coal and Coke Co. of Elgin, IL








Clifford Osbun
Park Ridge, IL
Sales Manager - Oliver Farm Equipment Co.








John Pannes
Plandome, NY
New York manager - Hamburg-America Line









Emma Pannes
Plandome, NY








Otto Reichhold
Vienna, Austria
Manager - Beck, Koller & Co.








Joseph Spah
Douglaston, Long Island, NY
Vaudeville acrobat/comedian








Emil Stöckle
Frankfurt, Germany
Mail Inspector - Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei








Hans Vinholt
Copenhagen, Denmark
Retired businessman







Rolf von Heidenstam
Stockholm, Sweden
Executive, AGA Group








Major Hans-Hugo Witt
Barth-in-Pommern, Germany
German Luftwaffe,



Crew of LZ 129 Hindenburg - May 3-6, 1937


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

 









Captain Anton Wittemann







NAVIGATORS

Max Zabel



    Max Zabel










 

Franz Herzog


 





Eduard Boetius









Christian Nielsen






ELEVATORMEN






Ernst Huchel — (Senior Elevatorman)








Kurt Bauer









Ludwig Felber







HELMSMEN





Kurt Schönherr — (Senior Helmsman)








Alfred Bernhardt









Helmut Lau





RADIO OPERATORS





Willy Speck — (Chief Radio Operator)









Franz Eichelmann









Egon Schweikard







Herbert Dowe






ENGINEERS





Rudolf Sauter — (Chief Engineer)









Eugen Schäuble








Wilhelm Dimmler









Raphael Schädler







ENGINE MECHANICS
-Engine #1 (starboard aft)-






Walter Banholzer








Rudi Bialas









Josef Schreibmüller






-Engine #2 (port aft)-





August Deutschle








Adolf Fischer








Alfred Stöckle






-Engine #3 (starboard forward)-





German Zettel — (Chief Mechanic)








Jonny Dörflein









Willi Scheef









Wilhelm Steeb






-Engine #3 (port forward)-






Eugen Bentele — (Chief Mechanic)










Richard Kollmer








Theodor Ritter





-Trim Watch-






Albert Holderried









Robert Moser









Alois Reisacher





ELECTRICIANS






Philipp Lenz — (Chief Electrician)








Josef Leibrecht









Ernst Schlapp






RIGGERS






Ludwig Knorr — (Chief Rigger)








Hans Freund








Erich Spehl






STEWARDS






Heinrich Kubis — (Chief Steward)

 









Wilhelm Balla

 








Fritz Deeg


 









Max Henneberg

 









Severin Klein









Eugen Nunnenmacher


 









Max Schulze





STEWARDESS 

Emilie Imhof 2



   Emilie Imhof




SHIP'S DOCTOR




Dr. Kurt Rüdiger






COOKS





Xaver Maier (Head Chef)








Fritz Flackus








Alfred Grözinger








Richard Müller








Albert Stöffler






CABIN BOY






Werner Franz