On this day in 1921, the British-built airship R-38 — intended for U.S. Navy service as ZR-2 — broke up in the air near Hull and crashed into the waters of the Humber estuary where its hydrogen ignited, killing all but five of the 49 men aboard.
On this day in 1921, the British-built airship R-38 — intended for U.S. Navy service as ZR-2 — broke up in the air near Hull and crashed into the waters of the Humber estuary where its hydrogen ignited, killing all but five of the 49 men aboard.
Hello, I have a piece of this R38 that my grandmother collected as she lived in HULL at the time of the crash, she collected it from the crash site and I have some old photos to go with it.
Dan:
According to Neville Shute Norway, the same team that build the R-38 was also the same team that worked on the R-101. How correct is that?
Certainly they were part of the team. Norway was horrified by their lack of any qualifications when they built the R-38.