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.
Sammt was the first officer on the May, 1937 flight from Germany to Lakehurst, NJ of the LZ 129 "Hindenburg" which ended with the "Hindenburg" disaster during which he was seriously burned.
After the disaster, Sammt became the commander of the LZ 130 "Graf Zeppelin", flying its spy flight in August 1939 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.