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
- ^ 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."
- ^ Sammt 1988
- ^ Virtual Aviation Museum. Albert Sammt-Zeppelin-Museum
Further reading
- Sammt, Albert et al. Mein Leben für den Zeppelin. 2nd ed. Wahlwies: Pestalozzi-Kinderdorf, 1989. ISBN 3-921583-02-0. (pp. 167–168, extract (in German) covering LZ 130's spying trip from 2 to 4 August 1939).
- Faces of the Hindenburg: Albert Sammt
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