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ORIGINAL! RARE! HINDENBURG DISASTER CHIEF ELECTRICIAN PHILIPP LENZ AUTOGRAPHED TYPED LETTERRARE! HINDENBURG DISASTER CREW MEMBER AND CHIEF ELECTRICIAN PHILIPP LENZ AUTOGRAPHED TYPED LETTERFEBRUARY 7th,1975.
PHILIPP LENZ WAS A CREWMEMBER AND CHIEF ELECTRICIAN FOR THE ZEPPELIN " HINDENBURG " AND SEVERAL OTHER ZEPPELINS.AT THE TIME OF THE HINDENBURG DISASTER HE WAS MIDSHIP IN THE ELECTRICAL CENTER COMPARTMENT.
LIST OF OTHER ZEPPELINS PHILIPP LENZ WAS A CREW MEMBERON:
LZ-120 BODENSEE
LZ-121 NORDSTERN
LZ-126 USS LOS ANGELES
LZ-127 GRAF ZEPPELIN
LZ-130 GRAF ZEPPELIN II
TYPED AUTOGRAPHED MESSAGE TO AN AMERICAN RESEARCHER AND ADMIRER:
Philipp Lenz February 7th, 1975
799 Friedrichshafen
Zeppelinstr. 82
Dear Mr. Miller,
First I thank you for your season's greetings and the bronze medal
that you were so kind so send me along with the "National Geograhic Magazine".
It was really a good idea and a nice Christmas present.
Now let me turn to your questions.
Yes, of course, I knew Captain Lehmann very well, and I spent a lot
of time with him. He was not only a good commander, but he had a
great passion for music. When the electric installations were getti-
ng more and more complicated he wanted me to join the crew.
Enclosed please find 10 photos, one with Captain Lehmann on it.
I hope you will like them.
After I recovered from the burns in the Fitkin Memorial Hospital
in Neptune, New Jersey I returned to Germany together with 5 other
crew members, who were Dr. Eckener, Mr. Dörflein, Mr. Sauter, Mr.
Lau and Mr. Bauer, in the passenger ship (Ocean Liner) "SS Europa", which was at
that time the fastest German ship.
You are right, I was an important person in the investigation, be-
cause I was the chief electrival engineer. I don't know for sure how
long the investigation took, but the result of it was not satisfactory
at all; there were several theories of what could have been the cause
of the disaster. As you know, the most recognised theory is that it
could have been sabotage.
My last stay in America was in the above-mentioned hospital.
I am hoping that you like my small report and that I could have helped
you a little bit, and I am glad to have been able to meet some of your
wishes, because my grand-child does most of the work.
Yours faithfully，
Philipp CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE WITH FOLD LINES AND SOME VERY LIGHTHANDLING FROM ITS 49+ YEARS.
DIMENSIONS: 8 1/4" x 11 5/8"
BOND PAPER WATERMARKED"FHS SPECIAL-POST"
THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY.
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