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Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467119207ISBN-10:1467119202UPC:9781467119207Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, United StatesBook Topic:Aviation & Space, United States, State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC82WSGB04
The Airship Roma Disaster in Hampton Roads
In March 1921, Major John G. Thornell and his crew were detailed to Italy to procure a new experimental airship for the United States Army Air Service. Stationed at Langley Field in Hampton, the ROMA never lived up to expectations despite being heralded as the future of military innovation. Tragically, it crashed and erupted in a ball of fire in 1922, claiming the lives of thirty-four of the...
Series: Disaster
Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467119207ISBN-10:1467119202UPC:9781467119207Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, United StatesBook Topic:Aviation & Space, United States, State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC82WSGB04
Sheppard, Nancy E.: - Nancy E. Sheppard is a writer and historian of her native Hampton Roads, Virginia. She received her education in history from American Military University and Old Dominion University. Over the past four years she has been devoted to discovering and telling the story of the U.S. Army Air Service dirigible ROMA and her crew. Aside from her research and writing, Sheppard is a...
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