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First intercontinental flight (1928)
In October 1928 Graf Zeppelin made its first intercontinental trip, to Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey, US,
with Eckener in command and Lehmann as first officer.
Rosendahl and Drummond-Hay flew the outward leg.
Ludwig Dettmann and Theo Matejko made an artistic record of the flight.
On the third day of the flight, a large section of the fabric covering of the port tail fin was damaged while passing through a mid-ocean squall line,
and volunteer riggers (including Eckener's son, Knut) repaired the torn fabric.
Eckener directed Rosendahl to make a distress call; when this was received, and nothing else was heard from the airship, many believed it was lost.
After the ship arrived safely there was some annoyance from the Lakehurst personnel that it had not answered repeated calls for its position and estimated arrival time.
The 9,926 km (6,168 mi; 5,360 nmi) crossing, the longest non-stop flight at the time, had taken 111 hours 44 minutes.
Clara Adams became the first female paying passenger to fly transatlantic on the return flight.
The ship endured an overnight gale that blew it backwards in the air and 320 km (200 mi; 170 nmi) off course, to the coast of Newfoundland.
A stowaway boarded at Lakehurst and was discovered in the mail room mid-voyage.
The airship returned home and on 6 November flew to Berlin Staaken, where it was met by the German president, Paul von Hindenburg.
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About the relation between Frau Ruth Keitel and the general (he was not general in 1929 but lieutenant colonel!!) Wilhelm Keitel : (Husband of Lisa Fontaine)
Fähnrich: 14 oktober 1901
Leutnant: 18 augustus 1902
Oberleutnant: 18 augustus 1910
Hauptmann: 8 augustus 1914
Major: 1 juni 1923
Oberstleutnant: 1 februari 1929
Oberst: 1 oktober 1931
Generalmajor: 1 april 1934
Generalleutnant: 1 januari 1936
General der Artillerie: 1 augustus 1937
Generaloberst: 1 november 1938
Generalfeldmarschall: 19 juli 1940
Don't know about that.
Wilhelm Keitel was hanged after the Nurnberg processes.
1882 September 22, 1882 Birth of Wilhelm Bodewin Keitel
Bad Gandersheim, Provinz Hannover, Deutschland, DR
1911 January 20, 1911 Birth of Nona Keitel
1912 October 17, 1912 Birth of Erika Keitel
1914 February 2, 1914 Birth of Karl-Heinz Keitel
Wolfenbüttel, Provinz Hannover, Deutschland, DR
1915 1915 Birth of Ernst Wilhelm Keitel
1919 June 11, 1919 Birth of Hans Georg Keitel
1946 October 16, 1946 Death of Wilhelm Bodewin Keitel
Nürnberg, Mittel-Franken, Bayern, Deutschland
1946 October 16, 1946 Burial of Wilhelm Bodewin Keitel
München, Bayern, Deutschland
Ruth Keitel was born about 1905 in Germany.
In 1940, she was 35 years old and lived in Millstadt, Illinois, with her husband, Claus, and 3 daughters.
As stated by your postcard !
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That is a first-class association post card. Do you know for sure it was sent by Wilhelm Keitel? What was Wilhelm's relationship to Ruth and her husband? If they were close relatives, I wonder if their loyalty was suspect after the U.S. entry into WW II?
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From what I could decipher it was written by Ruth's mother.
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In addition: there were hundreds of Keitels living in Germany in the 1890s. the chance of these being closely related is not very big. It would be a huge coincidence.
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"I don't think about those things, really."
Source: Famous actor, and possible philatelist, Harvey Keitel
Having to spend 15 minutes Googling Harvey Keitel quotes, just to put this lame joke together, indicates that the social isolation thing can't end too soon...
Cheers, Dave.
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First transatlantic flight of LZ 127... working on the relationship of Frau Keitel to the Admiral {edit err general ( where was my mind )} if any ...
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First intercontinental flight (1928)
In October 1928 Graf Zeppelin made its first intercontinental trip, to Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey, US,
with Eckener in command and Lehmann as first officer.
Rosendahl and Drummond-Hay flew the outward leg.
Ludwig Dettmann and Theo Matejko made an artistic record of the flight.
On the third day of the flight, a large section of the fabric covering of the port tail fin was damaged while passing through a mid-ocean squall line,
and volunteer riggers (including Eckener's son, Knut) repaired the torn fabric.
Eckener directed Rosendahl to make a distress call; when this was received, and nothing else was heard from the airship, many believed it was lost.
After the ship arrived safely there was some annoyance from the Lakehurst personnel that it had not answered repeated calls for its position and estimated arrival time.
The 9,926 km (6,168 mi; 5,360 nmi) crossing, the longest non-stop flight at the time, had taken 111 hours 44 minutes.
Clara Adams became the first female paying passenger to fly transatlantic on the return flight.
The ship endured an overnight gale that blew it backwards in the air and 320 km (200 mi; 170 nmi) off course, to the coast of Newfoundland.
A stowaway boarded at Lakehurst and was discovered in the mail room mid-voyage.
The airship returned home and on 6 November flew to Berlin Staaken, where it was met by the German president, Paul von Hindenburg.
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About the relation between Frau Ruth Keitel and the general (he was not general in 1929 but lieutenant colonel!!) Wilhelm Keitel : (Husband of Lisa Fontaine)
Fähnrich: 14 oktober 1901
Leutnant: 18 augustus 1902
Oberleutnant: 18 augustus 1910
Hauptmann: 8 augustus 1914
Major: 1 juni 1923
Oberstleutnant: 1 februari 1929
Oberst: 1 oktober 1931
Generalmajor: 1 april 1934
Generalleutnant: 1 januari 1936
General der Artillerie: 1 augustus 1937
Generaloberst: 1 november 1938
Generalfeldmarschall: 19 juli 1940
Don't know about that.
Wilhelm Keitel was hanged after the Nurnberg processes.
1882 September 22, 1882 Birth of Wilhelm Bodewin Keitel
Bad Gandersheim, Provinz Hannover, Deutschland, DR
1911 January 20, 1911 Birth of Nona Keitel
1912 October 17, 1912 Birth of Erika Keitel
1914 February 2, 1914 Birth of Karl-Heinz Keitel
Wolfenbüttel, Provinz Hannover, Deutschland, DR
1915 1915 Birth of Ernst Wilhelm Keitel
1919 June 11, 1919 Birth of Hans Georg Keitel
1946 October 16, 1946 Death of Wilhelm Bodewin Keitel
Nürnberg, Mittel-Franken, Bayern, Deutschland
1946 October 16, 1946 Burial of Wilhelm Bodewin Keitel
München, Bayern, Deutschland
Ruth Keitel was born about 1905 in Germany.
In 1940, she was 35 years old and lived in Millstadt, Illinois, with her husband, Claus, and 3 daughters.
As stated by your postcard !
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That is a first-class association post card. Do you know for sure it was sent by Wilhelm Keitel? What was Wilhelm's relationship to Ruth and her husband? If they were close relatives, I wonder if their loyalty was suspect after the U.S. entry into WW II?
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From what I could decipher it was written by Ruth's mother.
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In addition: there were hundreds of Keitels living in Germany in the 1890s. the chance of these being closely related is not very big. It would be a huge coincidence.
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"I don't think about those things, really."
Source: Famous actor, and possible philatelist, Harvey Keitel
Having to spend 15 minutes Googling Harvey Keitel quotes, just to put this lame joke together, indicates that the social isolation thing can't end too soon...
Cheers, Dave.
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