Guest of Lufthansa

Col. James Fitzmaurice was a guest of honor on board the Lufthansa route trial flight E4 400/01 from Shannon to New York on 1 June 1955. The photo above (from the archives of Lufthansa) was taken on that occasion. It shows (from left to right) Lufthansa Chief Executive Officer, Hans M. Bongers; German Minster of Transport, Dr. Hans-Christoph Seebohm; and Colonel James M. C. Fitzmaurice.233