Otto Seeberg

Otto Seeberg (born February 20, 1908 in Dorpat , † June 14, 1934 in Berlin-Adlershof ) was a German engineer and pilot.

Life

Otto Seeberg came as the son of the Protestant theologian Alfred Seeberg and his wife Marie, b. Walter moved to Rostock in 1908 when his father accepted a professorship at the University of Rostock . He was the youngest of four siblings. After studying for a degree in engineering, he worked as a "scientific assistant" test engineer at the German Aviation Research Institute in Berlin.

In the early summer of 1934, Seeberg carried out measurement flights for longitudinal stability measurements on the Johannisthal-Adlershof airfield with the Messerschmitt M29 D–2309 - a competition aircraft that was already intended for the European sightseeing flight in 1932 . After a number of flights with good results, Seeberg had a fatal accident on June 14, 1934 in Adlershof by falling from a height of about 100 m.

Web links

Messerschmitt M29 at histaviation.com

Individual evidence

^ Wilhelm Hoff : Otto Seeberg in memory: Dipl.-Ing. Otto Seeberg, born on February 20, 1908 in Dorpat, crashed on June 14, 1934 in Berlin-Adlershof. Speeches and memory words. Berlin 1934. ( Proof of the Berlin State Library )
↑ Ernst Vocke: Unlucky - the Messerschmitt M 29. p. 10, (PDF file; 2.63 MB; accessed on April 2, 2020).
↑ From the capital of the Reich: “Fatal plane crash. During a scientific investigation flight with a type M 29 sports aircraft, the 26-year-old research assistant at the German Aviation Research Institute, Dipl.-Ing., Had an accident over the Johannisthal-Adlershof airfield. Otto Seeberg died shortly before landing. ”In: Teltower Kreisblatt. Volume 79, No. 137, June 15, 1934, p. 3 ( Berlin State Library )

personal data
SURNAME	Seeberg, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German engineer and pilot
DATE OF BIRTH	February 20, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dorpat
DATE OF DEATH	June 14, 1934
Place of death	Berlin-Adlershof

[:1-1] Wilhelm Hoff : Otto Seeberg in memory: Dipl.-Ing. Otto Seeberg, born on February 20, 1908 in Dorpat, crashed on June 14, 1934 in Berlin-Adlershof. Speeches and memory words. Berlin 1934. ( Proof of the Berlin State Library )

[:2-2] Ernst Vocke: Unlucky - the Messerschmitt M 29. p. 10, (PDF file; 2.63 MB; accessed on April 2, 2020).

[:3-3] From the capital of the Reich: “Fatal plane crash. During a scientific investigation flight with a type M 29 sports aircraft, the 26-year-old research assistant at the German Aviation Research Institute, Dipl.-Ing., Had an accident over the Johannisthal-Adlershof airfield. Otto Seeberg died shortly before landing. ”In: Teltower Kreisblatt. Volume 79, No. 137, June 15, 1934, p. 3 ( Berlin State Library )