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NH 69230 Crash of British airship R-38 (U.S. Navy ZR-2), 24 August 1921

Photo #: NH 69230 Crash of British airship R-38 (U.S. Navy ZR-2), 24 August 1921
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Title: Crash of British airship R-38 (U.S. Navy ZR-2), 24 August 1921
Description: Rescue party cutting into the fabric hull covering, near the tail, in an effort to save airmen trapped in the wreckage, scarcely one-half hour after the airship broke up, exploded and crashed into the Humber River at Hull, England. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 69230
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