Another photo that appeared inside depicted a large crowd gathered around the smoldering debris. Those two photos, and others, also appeared in the paper on Sunday, May 9, 1937, as part of a special ...

shown here in a colorized photo, above a New Jersey field, killing 35 of 97 riders. Popperfoto / Getty Images Peter Belin was the only resident of Washington, D.C. aboard Hindenburg's final flight.

The Hindenburg caught fire on this day in 1937, while attempting to land at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, USA.

Read more about the Hindenburg disaster: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/80th-anniversary-hindenburg-disaster-mysteries-remain-180963107 ...

As the largest airship ever built, the LZ-129 − better known as the Hindenburg − tried to dock in Lakehurst after a trans-Atlantic flight, it burst into flames. Thirteen of its 36 passengers and 22 of ...

Ask Whiting resident Bill Schmidt anything about the horrific Hindenburg disaster of May 6, 1937 and chances are, he’ll provide you a fast answer and then elaborate further. Schmidt has numerous ...

In May 1937, the Hindenburg suddenly burst into flames, killing thirty-five and the dream of commercial airship travel.

Remembered as one of the most jarring aviation disasters in history, the Hindenburg ... since only 36 people ended up perishing in the disaster. Werner Doehner was just 8 when the airship suddenly ...