Photo #: NH 72410
Crash of British airship R-38 (U.S. Navy ZR-2),
24 August 1921
Memorial at Hull, Yorkshire, England, erected in honor of those
lost when the airship broke up in the air, exploded and crashed
into the Humber River off Hull. Of the 49 men on board, including
17 Americans, 44 lost their lives.
Courtesy of Carl S. Walters, 1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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