The Hindenburg: Michael Mooney 1972 1st edition hardback

Author: Michael M Mooney

Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co.

Pagination: 278

Format: Hardback + DJ

Condition: Good, with shelf and edge wear.

1st Edition.

From the beginning there have been various theories to explain the sudden destruction of the Hindenburg. The official version--German and American--was that the airship was the victim of static electricity stored up in the docking tower. A present day popular theory is a variation on this theme i.e. The Hindenburg was coated with an Aluminum based paint that was flammable and could have been ignited by a spark of static electricity.

Mooney believes otherwise. Nazi Germany had a strong Communist 'Second Column'. Mooney believes that one of the crewmen on the airship was a Communist-inspired saboteur who set a time bomb. The bomb was timed to go off AFTER the Hindenburg docked giving the passengers--and particularly the saboteur--time to get off safely. Unfortunately there were strong headwinds and the Hindenburg burst into flames before achieving a secure docking. Mooney claims that the Americans located parts of the time bomb shortly after the disaster but, because of American embarrassment and German propaganda, a fictitious story was promoted.