The last remaining survivor of the Hindenburg disaster, who suffered severe burns to his face, arms and legs before his mother managed to toss him and his brother from the burning airship, has ...
FILE - In this May 6, 1937 file photo, the German dirigible Hindenburg crashes to earth in flames after exploding at the U.S. Naval Station in Lakehurst, N.J. Only one person is left of the 62 ...
A ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the explosion will take place Saturday, May 6 at the crash site in Lakehurst, New Jersey Though it will be 80 years Saturday since the crash that took the ...
Just before 7:30 p.m. on May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg, an immense German zeppelin that had spent three days crossing the Atlantic, erupted in flames as it approached its mooring mast at the Lakehurst ...
In 1936, the Hindenburg – a hydrogen-filled airship also known as a zeppelin or dirigible – had “cruised back and forth over the North Atlantic carrying hundreds of passengers without the slightest ...
Before the modern jumbo jet and its first-class suites, the biggest and grandest thing in luxury air travel was the German Zeppelin Airship. Of all the massive Zeppelins constructed, the most famous ...
The last remaining survivor of the Hindenburg disaster, who suffered severe burns to his face, arms and legs before his mother managed to toss him and his brother from the burning airship, has died.
Wind and thunderstorms had delayed the Hindenburg's arrival in New Jersey from Germany on May 6, 1937. The father of 8-year-old Werner Doehner headed to his cabin after using his movie camera to shoot ...