LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin - LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin. Luftschiff Kapitän Max Pruss, 1936. Pruss served aboard Graf Zeppelin during many important flights, including the ship's historic 1929 Round-the-World flight, and was
![Max W. Pruss, burn scarred pilot of the ill-fated airship Hindenburg, right, observes the 10th anniversary of the disaster in his home near Frankfurt, Germany, with friend Anton Wittemann, captain of the " Max W. Pruss, burn scarred pilot of the ill-fated airship Hindenburg, right, observes the 10th anniversary of the disaster in his home near Frankfurt, Germany, with friend Anton Wittemann, captain of the "](https://c8.alamy.com/compes/2nfg0j3/max-w-pruss-burn-scarred-pilot-of-the-ill-fated-airship-hindenburg-right-observes-the-10th-anniversary-of-the-disaster-in-his-home-near-frankfurt-germany-with-friend-anton-wittemann-captain-of-the-graf-zeppelin-may-2-1947-ap-photo-gerhard-baatz-2nfg0j3.jpg)
Max W. Pruss, burn scarred pilot of the ill-fated airship Hindenburg, right, observes the 10th anniversary of the disaster in his home near Frankfurt, Germany, with friend Anton Wittemann, captain of the "
![Featured oral history | Max Pruss, the captain of the Hindenburg airship – News from Columbia's Rare Book & Manuscript Library Featured oral history | Max Pruss, the captain of the Hindenburg airship – News from Columbia's Rare Book & Manuscript Library](https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/rbml/files/2018/05/1053256971_197c25751b_o.gif)
Featured oral history | Max Pruss, the captain of the Hindenburg airship – News from Columbia's Rare Book & Manuscript Library
![Horribly burned when his ship went up in flames, Capt. Max Pruss of the ill-fated dirigible airship Hindenburg, is shown in an ambulance en route to a New York hospital, May 7, Horribly burned when his ship went up in flames, Capt. Max Pruss of the ill-fated dirigible airship Hindenburg, is shown in an ambulance en route to a New York hospital, May 7,](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/2nfg0f4/horribly-burned-when-his-ship-went-up-in-flames-capt-max-pruss-of-the-ill-fated-dirigible-airship-hindenburg-is-shown-in-an-ambulance-en-route-to-a-new-york-hospital-may-7-1937-he-was-reported-resting-comfortably-late-tonight-ap-photo-2nfg0f4.jpg)
Horribly burned when his ship went up in flames, Capt. Max Pruss of the ill-fated dirigible airship Hindenburg, is shown in an ambulance en route to a New York hospital, May 7,
Finding Max - Podcast trailer | In this new episode of The Hook, CBC's Viola Pruss searches for history on her great-grandfather Max Pruss, captain of the famous Hindenburg airship.... | By
![6. Mai 1937: Die vom Bielefelder Kapitän Max Pruss gelenkte „Hindenburg“ geht in Lakehurst in Flammen auf – Historischer RückKlick Bielefeld 6. Mai 1937: Die vom Bielefelder Kapitän Max Pruss gelenkte „Hindenburg“ geht in Lakehurst in Flammen auf – Historischer RückKlick Bielefeld](https://historischerrueckklickbielefeld.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/010520121.jpg)