Zeppelin and Garrison Museum Tønder

The museum is open on Saturdays and Sundays between 10 pm and 3 pm from May until October.

Kapitänleutnant Ludwig Bockholt

01.03.1885 - 07.04.1918

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Kptlt. Ludwig Bockholt

Flown with the following airships:

Commanding Officer of Zeppelin L 23 in Tønder from January 30, 1917 until June 14, 1917 (35 sorties).

Commanding officer of Zeppelin L 54 in Tønder from August 20, 1917 until September 11, 1917 (4 sorties).

Commanding Officer of Zeppelin L 57 from September 26, 1917 until October 8, 1917. Test flights only. Airship wrecked.

Commanding Officer of Zeppelin L 59 from November 3, 1917 until his death April 7, 1918 (18 sorties).
L 59 exploded over the Otrando Strait.

57 sorties in all.


Served at the following bases:

Tønder, Staaken, Nordholz, Jamboli.