Saturday, December 03, 2005
John Iannacone, "Sky Sailor"
John Iannacone, a Navy airship veteran and longtime worker at Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station, who survived the Hindenburg airship disaster and rescued passengers in the first critical seconds of the fire, died Friday. He was 94.
Iannacone was among the last surviving "sky sailors" of the Navy's rigid airship program in the 1920s and '30s. He served at sea in the aircraft-carrier fleet, and hunted U-boats from blimps during World War II.
Veteran who rescued Hindenburg victims dies
# posted by Bob : 10:00 PM
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