Career
In 1919 he was helmsman on the LZ 120 Bodensee. He was the elevator helmsman (Höhensteuermann) of the Zeppelin LZ 126 - United States Ship Los Angeles on its transatlantic flight in 1924. He was an officer on board the LZ 129 Hindenburg during the Lakehurst-catastrophe.
Among other tasks, as commander of the large LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin he flew the August 1939 spying flight and its last flight before it was dismantled.
His home town of Niederstetten made him an "honoured citizen" (Ehrenbürger). The Albert-Sammt-Museum is situated there.