Naval Airship Veteran, Was On Hindenburg Ground Crew
Aero-News was saddened to learn from one of our readers that
John Antonio Iannaccone, 94, died Friday, December 2. He was a
retired Chief Petty Officer, United States Navy and a veteran of
the Navy's World War II blimp program, as well as one of
the last remaining "Sky Sailors" from the Navy's rigid airship era
of the 1920's-1930's. Iannaccone was also the last
known living US Navy ground crewmember from the Hindenburg
disaster.