Captain Ernest August Lehmann

Ernst August Lehmann (March 12, 1886 to May 7, 1937) was born on  in Ludwigshafen am Rhein. His father was a chemist and supervisor for the Badischen Anilinfabrik, and his mother was the daughter of the former Mayor Schäfer of Diez an der Lahn. He was a sailor in the German Imperial Navy, but found peacetime naval not to his liking. He became a captain for the Zepplin Company, and in 1937 was giving command of the LZ 129 Hindenburg. He parished of his burns on May 7, 1937 after the Hindenburg disaster. At the time of his death he was the Director of Flight Opperations for Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei, and Vice President of the Goodyear Zepplin Company.

Airships commanded by Earnest August Lehmann

 * LZ 17 Sachsen, 1913 to 1915 (Peactime command for a year, one year wartime service in 1915)
 * Z XII, 1915 (Wartime command)
 * LZ 90, 1915 (Wartime command)
 * LZ 98, April 1916 (Wartime command)
 * LZ 120 (Wartime command, latter renamed the Ausonia when given to Italy as war reparations)
 * L 72 (Peacetime command)
 * LZ 129 Hindenburg (Peacetime Command)