Erich Brammen
Erich Brammen (born March 17, 1904 in Inden , † January 10, 1932 in Hangzhou (China)) was a German aviation pioneer .
Brammen was the son of a dairy owner and a self-trained dairy specialist. After attending an advanced training school, he became a mechanic and completed this training as a civil engineer. In 1927 he became a student pilot at the Raab-Katzenstein-Flugzeugwerke in Kassel . There he acquired the A license . At the German Aviation School in Berlin-Staaken , he passed the exams for license B and C. In 1930 the licenses for sea flying, aerobatics and instrument flight were added.
Slabs flew for all purposes and all types of aircraft. He worked as a pest control aviator, mail aviator, aircraft flyer and much more. With Hans Bertram he planned a world flight in four stages:
- Berlin – Tokyo
- Tokyo – San Francisco
- San Francisco – New York
- New York – Berlin
In 1931 Brammen went to China , so that Bertram suspended the planned flight. After Brammer's death in 1932, he took off on a world flight with another co-pilot.
In China, Brammen was the first German flight instructor in China to train a Chinese flying force on aircraft from Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke from Dessau , which was supposed to set up a network there for a subsidiary of Lufthansa . He also trained military pilots.
Brammen was buried in the Hungjao Road Cemetery in Shanghai .
literature
- Yearbook of the Düren District 2009, published by the Düren District , ISBN 978-3-927312-92-0
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SURNAME | Slabs, Erich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German aviation pioneer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1904 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | In the |
DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1932 |
Place of death | Hangzhou , China |