USS SHENANDOAH

LCDR Zachary Lansdowne Library of Congress Collection, 10-11-07

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES via email from Gregory Powers, 9-28-06      Lt Com. Zachary Lansdowne, (1888-1925) joined British transatlantic flight from Scotland to Long Island, New York, July 1919 as a U.S. Navy observer aboard the British airship R-34; landing operations. The British captain of the R-34 was Maj. George Herbert Scott. Lansdowne, later commander of the U.S. airship Shenandoah, died in the September 1925 crash of the Shenandoah in stormy weather..

 

LCDR Zachary Lansdowne and Crew Library of Congress Collection, 10-11-07

 

LCDR Zachary Lansdowne Library of Congress Collection, 10-11-07

 

LCDR Zachary Lansdowne Library of Congress Collection, 10-11-07

 

ONLINE RESOURCES Recommended by Gregory Powers, 9-28-06 Loss of the USS Shenandoah Loss of USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), 3 September 1925 Excellent: Shenandoah Crash Sites U.S.S. Shenandoah Crash Sites Image:ZacheryLansdowne.jpg

 

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