Photo #: NH 72409
Crash of British airship R-38 (U.S. Navy ZR-2),
24 August 1921
Closeup view of some of the airship's wreckage, including a leg
and foot of one of the 44 victims of the tragedy, soon after
it broke up in the air, exploded and crashed into the Humber
River off Victoria Pier, Hull, England.
Courtesy of Carl S. Walters, 1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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