Hindenburg survivor.
Lt. Hinkelbein boarded the Hindenburg as a Military observer with Colonel Fritz Erdmann and Major Hans-Hugo Witt.
Conspiracy theorists claim they were on the Hindenburg to find a possible saboteur aboard the Hindenburg.
When the Hindenburg exploded on May 6th, 1937; Hinkelbein was able to escape the fire, but he returned to the wreckage to save Maj. Witt.
Hinkelbein survived the fire without injury, Maj. Witt was burned in the fire, and Col. Erdmann was killed in the disaster.
Fought in World War Two and after the war, he was promoted to Major General.
Claus Hinkelbein passed away in 1967.
Lt. Hinkelbein boarded the Hindenburg as a Military observer with Colonel Fritz Erdmann and Major Hans-Hugo Witt.
Conspiracy theorists claim they were on the Hindenburg to find a possible saboteur aboard the Hindenburg.
When the Hindenburg exploded on May 6th, 1937; Hinkelbein was able to escape the fire, but he returned to the wreckage to save Maj. Witt.
Hinkelbein survived the fire without injury, Maj. Witt was burned in the fire, and Col. Erdmann was killed in the disaster.
Fought in World War Two and after the war, he was promoted to Major General.
Claus Hinkelbein passed away in 1967.
Hindenburg survivor.
Lt. Hinkelbein boarded the Hindenburg as a Military observer with Colonel Fritz Erdmann and Major Hans-Hugo Witt.
Conspiracy theorists claim they were on the Hindenburg to find a possible saboteur aboard the Hindenburg.
When the Hindenburg exploded on May 6th, 1937; Hinkelbein was able to escape the fire, but he returned to the wreckage to save Maj. Witt.
Hinkelbein survived the fire without injury, Maj. Witt was burned in the fire, and Col. Erdmann was killed in the disaster.
Fought in World War Two and after the war, he was promoted to Major General.
Claus Hinkelbein passed away in 1967.
Lt. Hinkelbein boarded the Hindenburg as a Military observer with Colonel Fritz Erdmann and Major Hans-Hugo Witt.
Conspiracy theorists claim they were on the Hindenburg to find a possible saboteur aboard the Hindenburg.
When the Hindenburg exploded on May 6th, 1937; Hinkelbein was able to escape the fire, but he returned to the wreckage to save Maj. Witt.
Hinkelbein survived the fire without injury, Maj. Witt was burned in the fire, and Col. Erdmann was killed in the disaster.
Fought in World War Two and after the war, he was promoted to Major General.
Claus Hinkelbein passed away in 1967.
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