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USS SHENANDOAH AIRSHIP CREW MEMBER’S AVIATION DOCUMENT COPIES FROM THE ORIGINALS. (4) USS SHENANDOAH AIRSHIP CREW MEMBER’S. AVIATION DESIGNATION FOR ENLISTED MEN. DOCUMENT COPIES AND (1) CERTIFICATE OF TRAINING IN RIGID AIRSHIPS-GROUND COURSE COPY. ALSO INCLUDED IS THE ORIGINAL HAND WRITTEN AUTOGRAPHED COVER LETTER FROM. McCARTHY’S WIDOW IN JULY 19,1979 IN WHICH SHE SENDS THE ITEMS OF INTEREST COPIES OF THE. AVIATION DESIGNATION FOR ENLISTED MEN AND THE. CERTIFICATE OF TRAINING IN RIGID AIRSHIPS-GROUND COURSE. ALSO INCLUDED IS A COPY OF A SIGNED TYPED LETTER TO THE WIDOW ON THE SUBJECT FROM A NOTED AMERICAN RESEARCHER AND ADMIRER DATED MAY 28,1979. ALSO INCLUDES (1) COPY OF A PHOTO OF HIS NAVY HAT BADGE, RIBBON BAR, UNIFORM BUTTONS. THESE (4) COPIES OF THE. DOCUMENT COPIES AND (1) COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF TRAINING IN RIGID AIRSHIPS-GROUND COURSE MAY BE THE ONLY EXISTING DOCUMENTS OF THESE RARE U. (4) AIRSHIP ZR-1 USS SHENANDOAH CREW MEMBER’ JOHN F. DOCUMENTS COPIES OF HIS. AND (1) CERTIFICATE OF TRAINING IN RIGID AIRSHIPS-GROUND COURSE COPY. THAT COINCIDE WITH HIS TIME ON AIRSHIP ZR-1 USS SHENANDO. THE CRASH OF THE ZR-1 USS SHENANDOAH. AVIATION DESIGNATION FOR ENLISTED MEN DOCUMENT ORIGINAL COPIES. THEY ALL ONCE BELONGED TO. NAVY AVIATION AIRSHIP CREWMEMBER JOHN F. McCARTHY – (ZR-1 USS SHENANDOAH AVIATION CHIEF RIGGER). HE ALSO SERVED ON THE BRITISH AIRSHIPS SST, R-32, R-33, R-34, R-80 INCLUDING THE CRASH OF THE U. NAVY RIGID AIRSHIP ZR-1 USS SHENANDOAH. SEVERAL OF THE ORIGINAL. DOCUMENT COPIES WERE SIGNED ON THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE COPIES WERE MADE BY. COMMANDER – JOSEPH P. NORFLEET, FLIGHT OFFICER – LT. ARTHUR REGINALD HOUGHTON (DIED IN THE CRASH). CONDITIONS ARE EXTREMELY FINE WITH A STAPLE HOLE IN THE UPPER LEFT FRONT OF EACH. ZR-1 USS Shenandoah was the first of four United States Navy rigid airships. It was constructed during 1922-23 at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. It developed the U. Navy’s experience with rigid airships, and made the first cross country flight by airship. On the 57th flight, ZR-1 USS Shenandoah was destroyed in a squall line over Ohio in September 1925. Fourteen crew members, including Commander Zachary Lansdowne, were killed.

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