Comments on: USS Akron ZRS-4

By: Lanny Copeland MD

Lanny Copeland MD — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:48:50 +0000

My great uncle, Robert W. Copeland was on the USS Akron when it went down. However, the article says only three men survived the crash. My uncle actually was picked up alive, but died before the rescue operation could get to land. I think this can be verified in the records held by the US Navy.

By: Dan (Airships.net)

Dan (Airships.net) — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:11:58 +0000

Robert Edsall and Nigel Henton were killed in the accident; C. M. “Bud” Cowart was able to hold his grip and was rescued.

By: watson

watson — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 01:54:59 +0000

does anyone know the names of the two sailers who fell from the akron in california in may 1932?

By: david helms

david helms — Sun, 16 May 2010 23:42:40 +0000

would love for you to share anything you can with me regarding the uss akron.i love researching airships. hope to hear from you soon & thanks.

david

By: Bill Bedell

Bill Bedell — Sun, 16 May 2010 15:17:02 +0000

My great-uncle, Edward “Ted” Bedell, was an artist from Lakewood, NJ, and created cachet art for envelopes. He did one for the Akron survivors which was autographed by the 3 survivors. He also did the same cachet on what seems to be a piece of the Akron also with original signatures of the survivors. Ted was killed in WWII and these envelopes (3 in all) were handed down plus an envelope he did for a Hindenburg flight in 1936 in which he had flown from Lakehurst to Frankfurt and then to my Great-grandmother in Lakewood, NJ, via the Hindenburg. Decided to do a little research on it and found your site. I guess what I’m looking for is looking to see what it’s worth and somewhere to start and figured you’d know where I can turn to next.

Thanks,
Bill

By: doug Kellner

doug Kellner — Sat, 08 May 2010 16:18:23 +0000

THANKS FOR GETTING AKRON CREW LIST, TRIED OTHER SOURCES, NEWSPAPER, NLHS, ETC., BUT YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE TO COME UP WITH THE LIST. THANKS AGAIN.

By: Ray Weeks

Ray Weeks — Sat, 08 May 2010 15:59:39 +0000

Yes, see it now and I also found a list on another site. Thx

By: Dan (Airships.net)

Dan (Airships.net) — Sat, 08 May 2010 15:50:42 +0000

Did you see the Akron crew list I posted?

By: Ray Weeks

Ray Weeks — Sat, 08 May 2010 11:03:09 +0000

My Uncle, John Lewis Weeks (died before I was born), was a seamon 2nd class aboard the Akron and perished in 1933. I understand LH NAS Historical Society has a crew manifest–I plan to contact them about obtaining a copy but would interested in any other info you or others may have. I do have some newspaper articles from a NJ paper datingback to 1933 about the crash. Thanks

By: sandy a

sandy a — Sat, 08 May 2010 02:02:11 +0000

herbert wiley passed away in 1954.