On this day in 1933, the U.S. Navy dirigible ZRS-4 Akron crashed in a storm off the coast of New Jersey, killing 73 of the 76 men aboard the airship.
On this day in 1933, the U.S. Navy dirigible ZRS-4 Akron crashed in a storm off the coast of New Jersey, killing 73 of the 76 men aboard the airship.
Here’s a true story of gifted luck; John Lust was a crewman aboard the ZRS-4 Akron stationed then out of Lakehurst, NJ. Shortly before the April 3rd 1933 flight, John got into a car accident that left him in the hospital and couldn’t make the flight. An unfortunate accident that… Read more »