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NH 72408 Crash of British airship R-38 (U.S. Navy ZR-2), 24 August 1921

Photo #: NH 72408 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: The airship's wreckage in the Humber River at Hull, Yorkshire, England, after it had broken up in the air, exploded and crashed. The tail is at the left. Courtesy of Carl S. Walters, 1970. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 72408
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