WA/DL Capt.
Hermann R. W. Schmidt
December 3, 1936 ~
July 29, 2020
From friends and
family comes this news with the passing of Delta Golden Wings member
retired Western/Delta pilot Captain Hermann Rudolf Willi Schmidt, age
83. Captain Schmidt joined Western Airlines 01-17-1966 and retired with
Delta Air Lines in 2004 (a delayed retirement date). Friends
write:
“ Captain Hermann
Schmidt Flew West on July 29th, 2020 from Santa Rosa California. He was
born in 1936 in Germany, and emigrated to the US in 1960. He was hired by
Western Air Lines in 1967. He retired from Delta Airlines in 2004.
He
was a true adventurer. He escaped East Germany and the Russian Air Force where
he was a fighter pilot, flying the MIG-15. He then got his Marine
Engineer Degree at Duetz Diesel in Cologne Germany.
He
traveled the world on large cargo ships as a Marine Engineer, and also worked
with commercial fishing vessels in Alaska for many years.
He will
be missed so much by his wife of 34 years, Eileen, his niece Kathryn
Thurman and great niece and nephew. He will also be missed by his nieces and
nephew, and great nephews in Dusseldorf, Germany.”
Should more
information be received we will post those updates to our memorial site.
Thank
you,
~
Carol for the PCN
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