Albert Sammt

Who was Albert Sammt?

Albert Sammt was a German commander of Zeppelin-airships.

In 1919 he was helmsman on the LZ 120 Bodensee. In 1924 during the first non-stop aircraft flight between European and American mainlands he was the elevator helmsman of the Zeppelin LZ 126 - USS Los Angeles.

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 and its last flight before it was dismantled. His home town of Niederstetten made him an "honoured citizen"; the Albert-Sammt-Museum is situated there.