Theo Erich Sönnichsen

Theo Erich Sönnichsen was a German sea and aviation captain and writer in the 1930s and 1940s.

Life

Sönnichsen was a captain and in 1925 advised the screenwriter Werner Jonas on the script for the film Schiff in Seenot for Phoebus-Film -AG (Berlin), where he appeared as a co-author. From 1936 he worked under the direction of Major General Friedrich Christiansen , who also came from the Navy, as a clerk at the command of the Berlin Aviation Schools. For this purpose he wrote manuals for service instruction such as Die Luftfahrt- Navigation (1936) and Das Flugzeug, Handbuch über Aufbau, Engine, Aircraft, Equipment, Elektr. Facilities, FT system, repair, operational measures (1940), which can be described as a standard work on German aircraft construction. In 1937, with the establishment of the NSFK , he was appointed NSFK-Standartenführer according to his rank as captain. After the war, in addition to novels, he also published a guide for all careers in the merchant navy under the title I want to go to sea! out.

Books

• Navigation and seamanship in a seaplane (1918)
• Ship in distress. Screenplay (1925)
• Aviation Navigation (1936)
• Seafarers in Flanders - from the diary of Lieutenant Hans Rolshoven (1937)
• Water rides with a little friend .: Experienced, listened to, etc. Instructive vd Brandenburg lakes (1938)
• The Maritime Administration has spoken! Fact reports of the silent heroism of German sailors (1938)
• Seamanship in the Air Force (1938)
• The aircraft, manual on structure, engine, airframe, equipment, electr. Systems, FT system, repair, operational measures (1940)
• Men from the Sea Emergency Service (1943)
• Stranded and lost. A South Seas novel (1950)
• I want to go to sea! Guide to all careers in the merchant navy (1955)
• The Sailing Lucullus - Galley Secrets for Yacht Sailors (1956)