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Part of personnel of ZR-2 (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Cynthia Wenslow said:

  worldhistoryproject.org/1921/8/23/zr-2-disaster www.nytimes.com/1921/08/25/archives/the-zr2-disaster.html "The tragedy of the destruction of the ZR-2 in England occurred when hopes were highest that the great dirigible had at last satisfied all tests required before the ship was to be turned over to the United States Government."

• B-59 said:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R38-class_airship

• Art Siegel said:

  see also

• Micah (LOC P&P) said:

  Cynthia Wenslow Thank you for the links to information about the ZR-2 disaster.

ZR-2 (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• jdshephe46 said:

  See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R38-class_airship

ZR-2 (blimp) (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• jdshephe46 said:

  First, it's clearly not a blimp (a lighter than air craft whose gas bag derives its shape from gas pressure - not an internal frame), it's a rigid airship or dirigible. This one is correctly identified as the ZR-2, a US Navy craft. She had been built for Britain's Royal Navy as the R-38, but was purchased by the US while still under construction. She first flew on 23 June 1921 and fell apart and crashed on her fourth flight on 24 August 1921. Forty four men - both Americans and Britons - were killed in the crash. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R38-class_airship