Chief Operator Willy Speck in the radio room of the zeppelin Hindenburg in photo courtesy of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmBH Archive. Speck died of injuries sustained in the May 6, 1937, explosion of the airship at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
Hindenburg's radio room - located in the hull just above the control car - was equipped with both long wave and short wave radios capable of transmitting at 200 watts. The zeppelin's radio call sign was DEKKA.
