MAKE A MEME View Large Image Akron damage 22 feb 32.jpg en USS Akron ZRS-4 Damage to the airship's lower fin 22 February 1932 Akron was being removed from her hangar at Naval Air Station Lakehurst New Jersey when the wind caused her tail to break loose from the rail ...
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Keywords: Akron damage 22 feb 32.jpg en USS Akron ZRS-4 Damage to the airship's lower fin 22 February 1932 Akron was being removed from her hangar at Naval Air Station Lakehurst New Jersey when the wind caused her tail to break loose from the rail car used for maneuvering the airship on the ground A party of Congressmen was waiting to board Akron at the time and Rear Admiral William A Moffett Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics was also present This photograph was taken immediately after the accident and shows RAdm Moffett in the left center facing the camera Though her fin was seriously damaged Akron was repaired in about two months http //www history navy mil/photos/ac-usn22/z-types/zrs4-k htm Author 1932 PD-USGov-Military-Navy ImageNote 1 238 326 31 74 740 600 2 RAdm William A Moffett 100px ImageNoteEnd 1 USS Akron ZRS-4 Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst 1932 in New Jersey William A Moffett
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