Posted on 11/16/2019 4:02:03 PM PST by BenLurkin
The fire killed his father, sister and 34 others. He was just 8 years old at the time.
As the 80th anniversary approached in 2017, Doehner told The Associated Press that he and his parents, older brother and sister were all on the 804-foot-long (245-meter-long) zeppelin traveling to Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. The airship departed on May 3, 1937. Doehners father headed to his cabin after using his movie camera to shoot some scenes of the station from the airships dining room. That was the last time Doehner saw him.
Doehner and his family were on their way back to Mexico City, where his father was a pharmaceutical executive. Funerals were held for his father and sister there.
Doehner was born in Darmstadt, Germany, and grew up in Mexico City. In 1984, he moved to the United States to work for General Electric as an electrical engineer, according to his obituary. He also worked in Ecuador and Mexico. He retired from New England Electric System in Westborough, Massachusetts, in 1999. He moved to Parachute, Colorado, in 2001. He and his wife of 52 years, Elin, moved to Laconia in May 2018.
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I didnt know the Hindenburg had a swastica on it .
RIP
Guess he won’t get a chance for that apartment in Manhattan.
Wonder how many are left from the Andrea Doria?
I had no idea there was anyone even alive from that after all these years. Wow.
Joe Biden remembers almost getting hit by the debris. He said it was a close call for him.
I used to watch the “Mythbusters” before they went totally leftist with BHO, and they tried to recreate the Hindenburg, scaled quite a bit down, so maybe that epi’s available online.
FWIW, H2 would be rapidly escaping upwards, so only the crew in between the bladders would be nailed by the heat and flames initially...until it crashed to the ground, and the diesel fuel ignited, and the burning skin, bladders, and frame came raining down.
I believe some of the people tried jumping as well from about 50 feet. Not necessarily a smart move with the burning wreck that was following them down.
From what I remember about one documentary, one young junior crewman rode down in the tail section, and was able to cut or punch a hole in the skin between framework big enough to allow escape.
Thank you.
My first grade teacher, Mrs. Smith, saw it from a hotel window in DC. Apparently a fly by.
RIP.
[ Powdered aluminum+powdered iron oxide=Thermite ]
Dang, that is rather scary.
[his Norwegian born mother cursing at it when she saw the Swastika]
I doubt I still have the DVD - but I had one that showed the Hindenburg cruising over the Jefferson Memorial (IIRC) or close to it - with the swastikas on the tail. They were removed by the Lakehurst disaster (I believe?). Correct me that’s not right.
Pretty freaky to see a swastika-tailed Hindenburg flying over the D.C.
Rather. AFAIK I’m the first to make that connection. Apparently painting the damned thing was so pedestrian, no one gave it a second thought. Everything was primed with red iron oxide back in the day. No one ever saw the primer, almost literally.
My Grandfather was at the bottom of the tower when it exploded
My Grandfather was at the bottom of the tower when it exploded
Yikes - coming back to check that - thanks
So it still had it during the disaster? Wow
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