- Albert Sammt
Albert Sammt (1889 in
Niederstetten - 1982 Niederstetten) was a German Kommandant ofZeppelin -airship s.In 1919 he was
helmsman ("Steuermann") on the LZ 120 Bodensee. In 1924 during the first non-stop aircraft flight between European and American mainlands he was the elevator helmsman ("Höhensteuermann") of the Zeppelin LZ 126 - USS Los Angeles. [Althof, William F. 2004. USS Los Angeles: The Navy's Venerable Airship and Aviation Technology. ISBN 1574886207. Brassey's. page 34. [http://books.google.it/books?id=Tsur8_aYdlwC&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=Albert+Sammt&source=web&ots=LF1uYaL5Z4&sig=MpqkQtYh9uU2Bl8Jx5GEPQ53L4o&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result Google books extract] "Sammt replaced elevatorman Pruss"]He was an officer on board the
LZ 129 Hindenburg during during the Lakehurst-catastrophe.Among other tasks, as commander of the large
LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin he flew the August 1939 spying flight [Sammt 1988] and its last flight before it was dismantled. His home town of Niederstetten made him "honoured citizen" ("Ehrenbürger"): there the Albert-Sammt-Museum is situated. [Virtual Aviation Museum. [http://www.luftfahrtmuseum.com/htmi/imh/dna.htm Albert Sammt-Zeppelin-Museum] ]Notes and References
*Sammt, Albert. 1988. "Mein Leben für den Zeppelin", Verlag Pestalozzi Kinderdorf Wahlwies 1988, ISBN 3-921583-02-0 - [http://www.luftschiffharry.de/doku/LZ_130_Spionagefahrt.pdf pages 167-168] extract covering LZ 130's spying trip from 2 to 4 August 1939, (German) (pdf)
Persondata
NAME = Sammt, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Airship commander
DATE OF BIRTH = 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH =Niederstetten
DATE OF DEATH = 1982
PLACE OF DEATH =Niederstetten
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