Photo #: NH 72411
Crash of British airship R-38 (U.S. Navy ZR-2),
24 August 1921
Descriptive plaque, part of a memorial erected at Hull, Yorkshire,
England, 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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