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The Airship Roma Disaster in Hampton Roads

The Airship Roma Disaster in Hampton Roads

Paperback

Series: Disaster

Air CombatArmed ForcesRegional: South

Publisher Price: $21.99

ISBN10: 1467119202
ISBN13: 9781467119207
Publisher: History Pr
Published: Jan 25 2016
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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 brave men aboard. Author Nancy E. Sheppard reveals the forgotten, harrowing story of one of the last great airships and those who sacrificed for the promise of a new era in aviation.

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