Approximately 64% of those on board the Hindenburg during its last flight survived the crash:

Survival Rate on Hindenburg

On Board Survived Died Percent Survived Passengers 36 23 13 64% Crew 61 39 22 64% Total 97 62 35 64%

(The survival rate of the Hindenburg disaster was twice that of the sinking of the Titanic.)

List of Hindenburg Survivors

As of August, 2009, the only survivors of the Hindenburg disaster who are still alive are passenger Werner Doehner (age 8 at the time of the crash) and cabin boy Werner Franz (age 14).

The following passengers and crew members survived the crash of the Hindenburg at Lakehurst on May 6, 1937:

Surviving Passengers

Adelt, Gertrude Berlin, Germany

Adelt, Leonhard

Belin, Peter

Clemens, Carl Otto

Doehner Matilda

Doehner, Walter

Doehner, Werner

Ernst, Elsa

Grant, George

Heidenstamm, Rudolf von

Herschfeld, George

Hinkelbein, Claus

Kleeman, Marie

Leuchtenberg, Wm.

Mangone, Philip

Mather, Margaret

Morris, Nelson

O’Laughlin, Herbert

Osbun, Clifford

Spaeh, Joseph

Stoeckle, Emil

Vinholt, Hans

Witt, Hans

Complete list of Hindenburg passengers on last flight

Surviving Crew

OFFICERS

Captain Max Pruss, Commanding

Captain Albert Sammt (watch officer)

Captain Heinrich Bauer (watch officer)

[Captain] Walter Ziegler, Watch Officer

Captain Anton Wittemann (observer)

NAVIGATORS

Max Zabel, Navigator

Christian Nielsen, Navigator

Franz Herzog, Navigator

Kurt Bauer, Navigator

RADIO OFFICERS

Herbert Dowe, Radio Officer

Egon Schweikart, Radio Officer

ENGINEERING OFFICERS

Rudolf Sauter, Chief Engineer

Eugen SchÃ¤ubel, Engineering Officer

ELEVATORMEN

Eduard Boetius

HELMSMEN

Helmut Lau

Kurt Schönherr

ELECTRICIANS

Philip Lenz, Chief Electrician

Joseph Leibrecht

ENGINE MECHANICS

Eugen Bentele

August Deutschle

Jonny Doerflein

Adolf Fischer

Richard Kollmer

Theodor Ritter

Raphael SchÃ¤dler

Wilhelm Steeb

German Zettel

RIGGERS

Hans Freund

STEWARDS

Heinrich Kubis, Chief Steward

Wilhelm Balla

Fritz Deeg

Max Henneberg

Severin Klein

Eugen Nunnenmacher

SHIP’S DOCTOR

Dr. Kurt Rudiger

COOKS

Xaver Maier, Chief Cook

Albert Stöffler

Alfred Grözinger

Werner Franz (mess boy)

Complete list of Hindenburg crew on last flight