Ludwig Bockholt
Ludwig Bockholt (born March 1, 1885 in Heerdt ; † April 7, 1918 in the Strait of Otranto ) was a German airship commander and lieutenant captain in the Imperial Navy .
Career
At the beginning of the war, Bockholt, who had joined the Navy in 1903, was an officer on watch on the large-scale ship SMS Prinzregent Luitpold . In October 1916 he moved to the Naval Airship Department , where he was in command of the Zeppelin LZ 66 / L 23 from March 30, 1917 to June 13, 1917 , and from August 13, 1917 to September 15, 1917, he was in command of the LZ99 / L54 and from 26 September 1917 to 8 October 1917 commander of the LZ 102 / L 57 was used. From November 3, 1917, Bockholt was in command of the LZ 104 / L 59.
As commander of LZ 66 / L23 Bockholt scored a on April 23, 1917 coup , when he the Norwegian three-masted Royal at Horns Rev mustered in the North Sea and a pinch of Cuxhaven did contribute. It is the only case in history that an airship has pounded a ship at sea.
He introduced in 1917 a long-distance flight record (in the jargon actually: long-range drive record) up as he lay back km a distance of 6757 with the airship LZ 104 in 95 hours and 5 minutes.
Bockholt died when the LZ 104 crashed on April 7, 1918 for unknown reasons, probably without enemy action, during an attack on Malta over the Strait of Otranto .
Honors
The Bockholtstrasse in Ingolstadt , Neuss and Bochum are named after him.
Web links
- Luftschiff.de - Luftschiffer - Ludwig Bockholt
- Frontflieger.de.Retrieved December 29, 2016
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter Meyer: Airships. The history of the German zeppelins. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-7637-5951-4 . P. 67.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bockholt, Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German airship commander, lieutenant captain of the Imperial Navy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heerdt |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1918 |
| Place of death | Strait of Otranto |