USS Akron Airship Launching a Plane
The USS Akron was the world's first purpose-built flying aircraft carrier, with the ability to carry, launch and recover fighter planes mid-flight. Akron was destroyed in a thunderstorm in 1933, killing 73 crew and passengers
Picture No
13743328
Media ID
46791449
Size
3585px x 5000px
(4.9MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photographs in Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News', 21 May 1932, page 409
Date
1932
