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The USS ZRS-4 Akron crashed on April 4, 1933 about 20 miles off the New Jersey shore near Barnegat Light when the stern crashed on the sea during a storm. This collection consists of a copy of the sheet music for "The Wreck of the Akron Dirigible," written especially for Earl and Ford Hitchcock, The Hitchcock Brothers, who sung the song on their Akron radio station after the crash.
The USS ZRS-4 Akron crashed on April 4, 1933 about 20 miles off the New Jersey shore near Barnegat Light when the stern crashed on the sea during a storm. The accident was considered the worst aviation catastrophe at that time, with only three members of the 76 member crew surviving.
NASM.1993.0030
1933
Jim Hitchcock, Gift, 1993, NASM.1993.0030.
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a copy of the sheet music for "The Wreck of the Akron Dirigible," lyrics by R. P. Hitchcock and music by Delmar M. Finefrock, 1933. The song was written especially for Earl and Ford Hitchcock, The Hitchcock Brothers, who sung the song on their Akron radio station after the crash.
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"The Wreck of the Akron Dirigible" Sheet Music, NASM.1993.0030, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Aeronautics
USS Akron (ZRS-4)
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sheet music