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US AIRSHIP AKRON MEMORIAL SERVICE ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY MAY 30,1933 COVER
US AIRSHIP AKRON MEMORIAL SERVICE ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY MAY 30,1933 COVER

US AIRSHIP AKRON MEMORIAL SERVICE ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY MAY 30,1933 COVER

$ 7.91

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  • Type: COVER
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
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    Description

    U.S. AIRSHIP * ZRS-4 AKRON MEMORIAL SERVICE ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY MAY 30,1933 COVER
    SCARCE POSTAL COVER WITH
    A CACHET OF THE U.S. NAVY FLYING AIRCRAFT CARRIER AIRSHIP *
    ZRS-4 USS AKRON
    FLYING THROUGH A WREATH WITH RIBBON.
    CANCELED:
    WASHINGTON DC  MAY 30,1933 (JUST 31 DAYS AFTER TE DISASTER)
    CONDITION: EXTREMELY FINE.
    (
    PLEASE SEE PHOTOS)
    PLEASE SEE MY 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND BUY WITH CONFIDENCE.
    *
    USS Akron (ZRS-4)
    was a helium-filled rigid airship of the U.S. Navy which operated between September 1931 and April 1933. She was the world's first purpose-built flying aircraft carrier, carrying F9C Sparrowhawk fighter planes which could be launched and recovered while she was in flight.The ship was caught in a storm off the coast of
    New Jersey
    and crashed just after midnight on 4 April, killing 73 people on board, including
    Rear
    Admiral
    William
    Moffett
    , the Chief of the
    Bureau
    o
    f
    Aeronautics
    .