Photo #: NH 72413
Crash of British airship R-38 (U.S. Navy ZR-2),
24 August 1921
Plaque listing British personnel killed when the airship broke
up in the air, exploded and crashed into the Humber River off
Hull, Yorkshire, England. The plaque is part of a memorial erected
at Hull in honor of the dead. Of the 49 men on board, including
17 Americans, 44 lost their lives. This plaque contains the names
of 28 officers and men of the Royal Air Force, staff members
of the National Physical Laboratory and of the Royal Airship
Works.
Courtesy of Carl S. Walters, 1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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