In 1919 he married Countess Doris Keyserlingk in Cammau, in an arranged ceremony. The couple had a daughter (Carmen Viola) and a son (Wolf-Manfred) They divorced in 1922, and shortly afterward, Lothar secured employment as a commercial pilot. He was traveling with American-born film actress Fern Andra (who was filming a movie in Germany at the time.) when the aircraft he was flying, a D1481 from Berlin to Hamburg stalled due to an engine failure, crashing into high-tension wires, killing him instantly. He was buried in Schweidnitz alongside his father. The plaque honoring him is at the family plot in Wiesbaden.
Contributor's note: It should be noted that Schweidnitz is part of Lower Silesia, in southwestern Poland. Since it is not listed, Breslau was the closest I could come to getting the burial location correct.
Some biographical information courtesy of http://www.wikipedia.org/
In 1919 he married Countess Doris Keyserlingk in Cammau, in an arranged ceremony. The couple had a daughter (Carmen Viola) and a son (Wolf-Manfred) They divorced in 1922, and shortly afterward, Lothar secured employment as a commercial pilot. He was traveling with American-born film actress Fern Andra (who was filming a movie in Germany at the time.) when the aircraft he was flying, a D1481 from Berlin to Hamburg stalled due to an engine failure, crashing into high-tension wires, killing him instantly. He was buried in Schweidnitz alongside his father. The plaque honoring him is at the family plot in Wiesbaden.
Contributor's note: It should be noted that Schweidnitz is part of Lower Silesia, in southwestern Poland. Since it is not listed, Breslau was the closest I could come to getting the burial location correct.
Some biographical information courtesy of http://www.wikipedia.org/